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From: oyster@uwmacc.UUCP (Vicious Oyster)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: sensitivity
Message-ID: <1849@uwmacc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 23-Dec-85 10:25:14 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 23 10:25:14 1985
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In article <14145@rochester.UUCP> dsn@rochester.UUCP (Dana S. Nau) writes:
>Regarding the posting from esf00@amdahl.UUCP (Elliott S. Frank) in which he
>was promoting Lifespring, est, etc., and the idea of "choosing how you feel":
>
>I'm guessing you're new to net.singles.  For your information, there was a
>lengthy--and rather messy--discussion about this stuff, just a few months
>ago.  The main effect, as far as I could see, was that people on both sides
>became dogmatic and sometimes nasty, and lots of ill will was generated.
>
>Can we change the subject?

   Sure, but he slipped in one comment which I believe was never brought up by
the est/Lifespring people, and which may go a long way toward converging the two
viewpoints.  This was that they taught you not that you can choose to feel
however you want, but that you can choose to accept the way you feel.  I was
one of the "can't choose" crowd, but *that* I can agree with.

 - Joel ({allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!oyster)