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- From: vince.maiocco@satalink.com (Vince Maiocco)
- Newsgroups: rec.humor
- Subject: Re: Credit Validation
- Message-ID: <25529.1065.uupcb@satalink.com>
- Date: 2 Jan 93 04:53:00 GMT
- Reply-To: vince.maiocco@satalink.com (Vince Maiocco)
- Organization: Datamax/Satalink Connection * Ivyland, PA (215) 443-9434
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- JA>Try some research into primate behavior. Introduce new members to
- JA>any well established group and there will be some turmoil
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- Joseph, can you say, "Rationalization"? Sure, I knew you could.
- Keep in mind that what separates man from the rest of the primates
- is his ability to think. Unfortunately, what separates him even
- further, sometimes, is his ability to ignore some of his abilities
- and excuse himself by recalling that he's "just an animal after all".
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- Don't get me wrong about this... I laugh at ethnic jokes as much as
- the next guy, maybe even more so. But I don't try to justify them.
- They can come out of hatred, or fear, but they can also come simply
- out of a sense of humor, which is where I find their value. All I'm
- trying(with a great deal of difficulty) to say, is that "because
- everybody does it" or "because it happened to me when I was growing
- up" is a cheap excuse for hurting someone - that's any kind of
- hurting and any kind of someone, just IMHO.
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