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- From: anderson@macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: penis size (was Re: Muffin on Parade)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.180913.23381@macc.wisc.edu>
- Date: 1 Jan 93 18:09:13 GMT
- References: <55440007@hpscit.sc.hp.com> <1993Jan1.060718.20505@spdcc.com> <C06p8o.DxK@NCoast.ORG>
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- In article <C06p8o.DxK@NCoast.ORG> brown@NCoast.ORG (Stan
- Brown) writes:
-
- >I hope that, the next time someone is tempted to post to
- >the effect that soc.motss is "safe space" or "supportive",
- >they wil remember this thread.
-
- I remember this thread, very well indeed. And I also think
- soc.motss is safe sapce and supportive. Perhaps your
- standard of judging what's supportive is not the same as
- everyone else's. For example, many people would not
- consider it supportive to encourage a person to continue
- laboring under the influence of serious delusions. Many
- people would consider it safe to encourage a person to
- consider more carefully the paths they choose in this life.
-
- In the given case, based on all past transactions, it's my
- impression that Brent Capps is a very nice man. But the
- thing that's bothering him about his body and his self-image
- is entirely the fictive product of his interior mental
- processes. There was recently a good article herte on
- identity politics, much of which would apply to Brent's
- responses to his environment. It would hardly be supportive
- to nourish what is at base a self-limiting ot
- self-destructive pattern of thinking.
-
- Perhaps I am not yet addressing your point, however, though
- I think I am.
-
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