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From: brucer@drutx.ATT.COM (Bruce W. Robinson)
Newsgroups: soc.net-people,misc.headlines,misc.kids,misc.misc,news.misc,sci.psychology
Subject: Re: David's Last Wish
Summary: A beach in Brazil???
Keywords: hoax hysteria alienation
Message-ID: <9701@drutx.ATT.COM>
Date: 20 Dec 88 20:22:46 GMT
References: <4592@homxc.UUCP> <81765@sun.uucp> <254@shockeye.UUCP> <1099@actnyc.UUCP>
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In article <1099@actnyc.UUCP>, gcf@actnyc.UUCP (Gordon Fitch) writes:
> 
> [ stuff about self-deception ]
> 
> .....  I wish the latest original poster, R. Buttafogo,
> would answer my query as to his or her motivations, etc.....
> 
> [ more stuff about self-deception ]
> 
Reference the name R. Buttafogo, a thought:  There is a beach about
ten miles south of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil named Botafogo, and a
street in Ipanema named Rua Botafogo; interesting psuedonym???

Given the psychology of a believable idea, I doubt if it's possible
to stop this stupidity once it gets started.  People are such children
that they (we) will believe anything; this combines in deadly fashion
with the desire to care about the things we believe, and the desire to
have other people care about the things we care about.  This David drool, 
the poison Holloween candy drool, AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!
is there no way to stop ?????????  I'm a 46 year-old person and I swear I
still catch myself not stepping on the cracks in the sidewalk.

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     ^      .....brucer