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- From: rsr@soda.berkeley.edu (Roy S. Rapoport)
- Newsgroups: soc.bi
- Subject: Re: A hug request and a general growl at the world
- Date: 6 Jan 1993 02:34:35 GMT
- Organization: U.C. Berkeley, CS Undergraduate Association
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- First things first:
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- *swipes Jim off his feet*
- *pulls him closer*
- *hugs him closely, warmly, and a bunch of other good adjectives*
- *gives him a gentle backrub*
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- In article <C0C2ED.Cxr@news.udel.edu> seamus@ravel.udel.edu (James G Dilmore) writes:
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- ->I am quite annoyed with being closetted. I want to be out and sincere with
- ->the people who I meet and know.
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- From personal experience, I can say it's a nice feeling ...
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- ->I have a question for the bunch. Where does the balance lie between discretion
- ->and safety on one hand and sincerity and openness on the other?
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- Aaaah ... and there you hit the Big one.
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- It depends on where you are, doesn't it?
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- I live in the bay area. My perception of this area is as SafeSpace. For
- me, therefore, discreteness and safety are not an issue ... but sincerity
- and openness are. I can be as out as I want, and I _use_ that opportunity,
- because for me, coming out to strangers is a wonderful feeling.
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- There are exceptions: I will try very hard ot be a bit more subdued when
- outing myself may cause the implicit outing of others around me ... but
- those are rare.
-
- Hugs to Jim again ...
-
- -roy
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