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- From: keegan@pan.crd.ge.com (James G Keegan Jr)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: Stranded on an Island
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.120035.8556@crd.ge.com>
- Date: 11 Sep 92 12:00:35 GMT
- References: <1992Sep10.212006.17194@acd4.acd.com>
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- In article <1992Sep10.212006.17194@acd4.acd.com>
- wdo@TEFS1.acd.com (Bill Overpeck) writes:
- -> In <1992Sep9.154329.24055@crd.ge.com> keegan@pan.crd.ge.com
- -> (James G Keegan Jr) writes: >
-
- -> > perhaps. i suggest that we wait for you to take a
- -> > further peek at the data before you jump to any
- -> > conclusions. you wouldn't want to appear
- -> > capricious, would you?
- ->
- -> I am not the one who has jumped to any conclusion at
- -> all.
-
- did you not speculate, wrongly, i might add, about my
- motivations and then criticize them in this and related
- threads? did you not argue my motivations with others?
- perhaps this just slipped your mind.
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- -> My contention remains that there is too little
- -> available information upon which to base any
- -> reasonable inference of psychopathology.
-
- and mine is that therapy might help the lad(s).
-
- -> > if, after you do that, you still think that
- -> > neither chaney, DODie or the others could be
- -> > helped by therapy, well that's ok.
- ->
- -> Many people use therapy as a vehicle for
- -> facilitating personal growth, even in the absence of
- -> any identifiable pathology. Your comments (re
- -> denial) suggest that Doug suffers from some type of
- -> disorder, though. I hope you see the difference.
-
- yes, i do. demonstrating one (denial) might cause one
- to suggests that the other (therapy) might be of help.
- if DODie's posts suggest that he might suffer from some
- type of disorder, why have you been debating this point
- for so long
-
- -> > several people posted to explain DODie to you. and i
- -> > provided a list of chaney articles and even offered to
- -> > email them. they contain all the information i need to
- -> > form my opinion.
- ->
- -> I see. What symptoms seemed most prominent to you?
-
- you're the professional, bill. why don't you tell me.
-
- -> > why are you so opposed to therapy, bill?
- ->
- -> An odd question to ask of a practicing
- -> psychotherapist, but your assumption is incorrect.
-
- then you'd be better of making your point clearly
- instead of arguing against my sussestionthat therapy
- might be of help, wouldn't you?
-
- so what is your point, bill?
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