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From: israel@tove.UUCP (Bruce Israel)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Hurting the other by a "yes"
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Date: Sat, 3-Aug-85 17:43:12 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug  3 17:43:12 1985
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In article <29114@lanl.ARPA> djw@a.UUCP (David Wade) writes:
>If you honestly believe that you control your emotions,

That I *can*, not that I always should or do.

>							please do me a
>tiny favor.  Go see "The Red Dawn" or "Lassie, come home" and enjoy them.
>Try not to cry... or "Tank", the new James Garner comedy.  If you can
>watch these movies without any emotional involvement, the movie-makers have
>been wasting their money on you.  But, I suspect that they haven't.

Oh, I love to cry at tearjerkers.  I would no longer make myself not
feel happy or sad at movies like these than I would TRY to make myself
sad and cry at a movie that didn't make me feel that way.  Having the
responsibility for my emotions means using it RESPONSIBLY, not always
using it, or never using it.

>I guess I'm asking which way you'ld like your answer,  would you "love"
>a cold fish who can turn his emotions on and off "like a switch"?  Or;
>would you "hate" a wimp who was always whining and blubbering about
>"sensitivity"?

Are these really the only choices?

-- 

Bruce Israel   
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