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- From: sa121@cl.cam.ac.uk (S. Arrowsmith)
- Subject: Re: Why I read a.s.a.r. (was: For Non-Abused Skeptics)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.180634.28851@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
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- References: <C10tJ8.HD0@demon.co.uk> <1993Jan19.135641.20454@midway.uchicago.edu> <vashti.727614720@concave>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:06:34 GMT
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- In article <vashti.727614720@concave> vashti@concave.cs.wits.ac.za (Vashti Galpin) writes:
- >I find the reason why I get quite uncomfortable in the presence of
- >massive pdaing (or even not so massive) is I feel curious and want to
- >watch (I guess this is called voyeurism), [ ... ]
- >
- By contrast, I feel uncomfortable around people pdaing (at least I did,
- I'm getting better) simple because they *are* doing so, and I am not, not
- having the opportunity to. I got really irritated at people being blatantly
- "with" each other -- it felt like a personal insult.
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