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- From: rr@chem.ucsd.edu (Roxanne Rohmann)
- Newsgroups: ca.politics
- Subject: Re: Your Right it is the (Re: The usual)
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 04:47:16 GMT
- Organization: Chemistry Dept, UC San Diego
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- In article <1ebgvlINN374@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> stephen@orchid.UCSC.EDU (x4604 (Hauskins)) writes:
- > In article <1992Nov17.180532.5228@netcom.com> phil@netcom.com (Phil Ronzone) writes:
- > >
- > >Tim, you (and others with the same misconceptions) must learn that there is
- > >a HUGE difference between hate, phobias, and a strong dislike.
- > >
- > So let's get down to the nitty gritty definitions-
- >
- > For Example- phobia = A strong fear, adversion or dislike. Now about you say
- > there is a HUGE difference between phobia and strong dislike, there seems to
- > be a definitional inconsistency here.
- >
- While your articles are interesting and usually well-reasoned,
- I would like to butt in here and correct the definitions you
- used at the beginning of this follow-up article. Since you are
- using sloppy definitions, much of the rest of your article doesn't
- hang together.
-
- hate: Intense hostility or aversion usually deriving from
- fear, anger or sense of injury.
-
- phobia: An exaggerated, usually inexplicable or illogical fear
- of an object.
-
- dislike: A feeling of aversion or disapproval.
-
- Please note that the major difference between dislike and hate
- is intensity of the aversion, while the characteristic that
- differentiates phobia from the other two is "illogical" and
- "exaggerated".
-
- That being the case, I don't find that the original poster's
- claim of dislike of homosexuality to be either far-fetched
- or unreasonable. It is simply a dislike. I have known
- and been friends with male and female homosexuals who
- have disliked the thought of heterosexuality; it is s
- something they find disgusting. This doesn't strike me
- as unusual, either.
-
- ---Roxanne Rohmann
-