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  1. Newsgroups: soc.singles
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!utcsri!skule.ecf!torn!newshost.uwo.ca!prism!jdnicoll
  3. From: jdnicoll@prism.ccs.uwo.ca (James Davis Nicoll)
  4. Subject: Re: net.hugs?
  5. Organization: University of Western Ontario, London
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  7. Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:26:50 GMT
  8. Message-ID: <1992Nov18.202650.11024@julian.uwo.ca>
  9. References: <1992Nov17.192506.24522@netcom.com> <8cx16zg@rpi.edu> <1992Nov18.135537.10337@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
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  14. In article <8cx16zg@rpi.edu> petitc@rpi.edu writes:
  15. >
  16. >  I think people don't *HUG* each other nearly enough.  We all NEED to be
  17. >touched.  That's what's wrong with the U.S.  We're too selfish to touch other
  18. >people and acknowledge that we DO need other people's attention and affection.
  19. >So, we use the only 'acceptable' way to need someone---when you're in love.
  20.  
  21.     Promiscious hugging encourages the suvival and spread  of those
  22. strains of pestilence transmitted by skin contact.
  23.  
  24.                                 James Nicoll
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