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From: amq@caip.RUTGERS.EDU (Amqueue)
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Subject: Re: Swinging fists
Message-ID: <3479@caip.RUTGERS.EDU>
Date: Mon, 29-Sep-86 06:42:38 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 29 06:42:38 1986
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In article <341@mit-amt.MIT.EDU> mob@mit-amt.MIT.EDU (Mario O. Bourgoin) writes:
>The example that Mark chose to illustrate  his point appears to  me to
>represent a very probable sequence of events. Heart failure is one  of
>the major causes of deaths in the US which leads me to believe  that a
>heart condition  is not as  rare as what  you  appear to believe.  Can
>agressive behavior  towards  a person with a heart  condition  lead to
>heart failure? I don't have evidence on  hand but I  can easily accept
>this. Ask  a    heart disease specialist.  The  situation   that Karen
>compares Mark's example with, namely brushing her hair, is rather poor
>in probable  adverse consequences and therefore   is a poor comparison
>with what Mark proposes.
>
>--Mario O. Bourgoin
>

But how do we tell who has a heart condition and who doesnt? This
particular example is bad in many respects. If we are to watch out for
all the people who have heart conditions and never ever ever upset
them... useless! Only someone extremely familiar with such things
could have a chance of telling. As long as we are on what-ifs, here is
another one: I am waiting on line for something, and someone cuts in
front of me. Being of the odd Idea that I should stand up for things
being fair and such, I contest this person's right to do so. Being
aware of group dynamics, I do so in a loud voice (people being
censured publicly are often more likely to back down, especially if
they were wrong). An argument ensues, and *without my touching or
otherwise making threatening motions* this person gets so upset as to
have a heart attack. *THIS* person was aggressive, *I* was merely
standing up for my rights. 

this whole argument is fruitless. try another tack.
/amq

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my presence at Henry's party. pthbthbthbthbthbthbthbthb all over you,
ambar!!!!!
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