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- Path: sparky!uunet!acd4!TEFS1!wdo
- From: wdo@TEFS1.acd.com (Bill Overpeck)
- Subject: Re: Stranded on an Island
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.151857.21525@acd4.acd.com>
- Sender: news@acd4.acd.com (USENET News System)
- Organization: Applied Computing Devices, Inc., Terre Haute IN
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 15:18:57 GMT
- Lines: 39
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- In <1992Sep11.003611.14506@crd.ge.com> keegan@pan.crd.ge.com
- (James G Keegan Jr) writes: >
- In article <1992Sep9.192025.10291@acd4.acd.com>
- wdo@TEFS1.acd.com (Bill Overpeck) writes: >>
- In <Bu25r5.B0w.2@cs.cmu.edu> garvin+@cs.cmu.edu
- (Susan Garvin) writes: >>>
-
- >>>>> I'm starting to think that you just wanted to
- >>>>> flame Jim and this was the only avenue available.
- >
- >>>> No, I'm not interested in conflict for its own
- >>>> sake.
- >
- >>> As Jim keeps saying, the fact that you chose to
- >>> respond to his comments and no one else's seems to
- >>> belie this, especially when one considers that
- >>> this is the only thread to which you are currently
- >>> contributing.
- >
- >> I understand. It's not easy to convince people that
- >> your motives are honest.
- >
- > i don't think your motives were dishonest bill. i think
- > you honestly hold the same view of all the people who
- > have suggested that DODie, or chaney, et. al. could
- > benefit from therapy.
-
- Then you think incorrectly, Jim. And as I've indicated,
- many people can "benefit from therapy". That, however,
- should not be interpreted as an indication of pathology,
- which was the basis of your implication.
-
- > i mean, you'd really have to, wouldn't you?
-
- Just the opposite. In the absence of real, identifiable
- symptoms, I'd have to conclude that no significant pathology
- exists.
-
- Bill
-