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From: mccolm@ucla-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Control of emotions
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Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 16:20:14 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 14 16:20:14 1985
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Gypsy (Julie Hoff)
>>>	I need this book or this person who has told you that control of
>>>emotions is not healthy.  I've got 40+ books on the shelf behind me
>>>right now that says it is healthy and 3+ psychologists at my disposal
>>>that will agree.  If you have source, PLEASE post/e-mail the title/name.

David L. Stevens
>	Indeed!
>	It would seem, Gypsy, that there are those of us who do not agree with
>your 40+ books and 3.5 psychologists-- at least in our own lives. That is our
>choice (that word again), and if you intend to change our minds, reciting
>Psych texts (or any other "Authority") isn't going to help. Aristotle once
>asserted that "heavy objects fall faster than light ones," and since he *was*
>the authority, this belief permeated "science" for 1200 years. Then a man named
>Galileo not only disproved this theory, but he showed how *anyone* could verify
>that, indeed, all objects fall at the same rate.
>	You rely on the authority, not on the facts they've gathered. If you
>are well versed in these matters, why not paraphrase the theories and their
>bases, and let us discuss *those*, rather than impressing us with your library?
>						peace,
>							+-DLS

David, have you realized how offensive and abusive your posting is?  Your
contemptably smug attitude is without excuse or reason, and you exhibit all
the faults you blame Julie of showing.  Your pseudo-historical-analogy is
not only offensive, but without validity.  Julie asked for sources.  You
should either post their names, say you don't accept expert advice, POLITELY,
or clam up.  This sort of nonsense is uncalled for.  You should be ashamed
of yourself.

And for those of you who wonder why this goes to everyone, many of you deserve
the same.  I've read through articles whose chief points were debating tricks,
one-upmanship, shouting matches, insult, smugness, ridicule, unfavorable
speculation on peoples' mental states and personal lives, and other behavior
unbecoming of 6-year-olds.  If this is the best in intellectual development
the net can offer, then I am sorely disappointed in the lot of you.

Either act like adults, or you will be treated as children.
--fini--

Eric McColm
UCLA (oo' - kluh) Funny Farm for the Criminally Harmless
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