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- From: smithmc@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Lost Boy)
- Subject: Re: Scummy behavior of pagan males
- Message-ID: <By30ws.3Lv@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
- References: <1992Nov16.102307.44819@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <11190044@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 20:00:25 GMT
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- In article <11190044@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> wells@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (John Wells) writes:
- >In alt.pagan, kumagic@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Stephen R. Figgins) writes:
- >
- >> Some examples within and without the community.
- >>
- >> A prominent pagan couple announced their divorce this year. Reasons
- >> given, their relationship for the last few years had become physically
- >> abusive, arguments culminating with him beating up her.
- >
- >SO?
- >
- > Humanity often sucks in general when it comes to relationships. I have
- >met very few 'happy couples'. The majority of relationships are based on
- >one person supporting the other or feeling sorry for the other and wanting
- >to help. This is what is called in 'pop psychology' as CO-DEPENDANCY. While
- >a little of this will go on in a healthy relationship... in a growing number
- >of folks that I know, this is becomming a sick mode of operation.
- >
- > The most overt form of co-dependancy is the person who marries an alchie
- >or druggie and puts up with years of hell and abuse because they can't let
- >go for fear of hurting the others feelings or because 'no one will ever love
- >me again'. Other less overt forms are the mental and physical abusers.
- >
- > I lost a very close freind to the insanity of this sickness (3 years ago)
- >her ex went to her house in the mountains and killed her. Just reciently
- >(about 4 months ago) A person who I had met only breifly was sitting in a
- >meeting when her ex of 1 year burst in and drug her out to the parking lot
- >and killed her. These aren't inbread mutants that are doing these things,
- >they are so called normnal people that have been fed so much crap by our
- >white man's society that murder and abuse are tolerated. , (GOD forbid we
- >should see somebody walking around naked, but it is OK to show Rambo
- >blowing away commies on the Sunday evening moovie).
-
- And what are we going to do about it?
-
- The only thing I can think of is that I am a prime candidate for this sort
- of relationship. I have heard again and again about the problem and I have
- no idea what the cure is. Is most of humanity doomed to this by nurture,
- unable to ever come out of this cycle, or is there really a solution to this
- that the induvidual can use to cure him/herself?
-
- > This can be (and is) a very mentally sick world.
-
- You have my full agreement there. Would you be Buddhist-type, perchance?
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- Lost Boy
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