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- From: Furr@cup.portal.com (George Dalton Madison)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: penis size
- Message-ID: <72837@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 93 19:03:27 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <55440005@hpscit.sc.hp.com> <C02xFJ.19v@agora.rain.com>
- <1992Dec30.200756.20218@spdcc.com> <C0530L.L7J@agora.rain.com>
- <1993Jan1.002343.8212@macc.wisc.edu>
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- Jess Anderson writes:
- >(Brent Capps) writes:
- >>>P.S.: You weren't at Rooster Rock, that's for sure.
- >>No, and now I feel more self-conscious than ever. I feel
- >>like if I'm ever at a motss-con in a clothing-optional
- >>situation that everybody's going to be staring at me,
- >>checking it out. That makes me feel like a freak! No thank
- >>you.
- >
- >If you let the matter plague you to such a point, there's no
- >way in hell you can hold others responsible. For better or
- >for worse (I think it's for worse, but it's also a given),
- >people in our culture react to exceptional people in a
- >constrained and largely predictable fashion. If you let
- >that distort and otherwise afflict your life, it's your
- >choice, but it certainly won't do to hold others accountable
- >for it beyond a certainly fairly limited extent.
-
- Bravo.
-
- As it happens, I too get my share of bizarre reactions from
- people due to my well-beyond-shoulder-length hair and very
- substantial beard. I'm talking about people crossing the street
- to get away from me, apparently because they think I'm a Jr.
- Charlie Manson, based solely on my hair.
-
- THIS IS *THEIR* FUCKING PROBLEM, NOT *MINE*.
-
- I'm not going to repeat what several other people have said well
- on this issue, Brent -- they're right.
-
-
- () The greatest cunning is to have none at all.
- () -- Carl Sandburg
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- [> George D. Madison | NBCS: B8f+t+w-e+s+k+a!cv | Just say NO to razors! <]
- [> It's a BEAR thing -- you wouldn't understand. <|> furr@cup.portal.com <]
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