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  3. Path: sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!stanford.edu!leland.Stanford.EDU!farthing
  4. From: farthing@leland.Stanford.EDU (ljf)
  5. Subject: Re: Elle MacPherson causes rape?
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov11.093541.6731@leland.Stanford.EDU>
  7. Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
  8. Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
  9. References: <1992Nov5.203322.192@cbnewsk.cb.att.com> <1992Nov6.030057.28538@dragon.acadiau.ca> <KYTAN.92Nov9111632@mantra.fia.dmg.ml.com>
  10. Distribution: usa
  11. Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 09:35:41 GMT
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  13.  
  14. In article <KYTAN.92Nov9111632@mantra.fia.dmg.ml.com> kytan@mantra.fia.dmg.ml.com (Kok-Yong Tan) writes:
  15. >In article <1992Nov6.030057.28538@dragon.acadiau.ca> 891666t@dragon.acadiau.ca (Trish Turliuk) writes:
  16.  
  17. >>No. I disagree with that. If a person is constantly told that they
  18. are not smart >>not thin enough..etc etc that person ultimately
  19. develops (unless >>you can totally block it out, become untrusting, a
  20. poor listener and generally >>more cold hearted) some sort of
  21. insecurity.
  22.  
  23. >Hey, if someone is so uncertain of themselves, tough.  I've had my
  24. parents tell >me all sorts of things, some uncomplimentary.  Didn't
  25. bother me a bit.
  26.  
  27. How fortunate for you.  Unfortunately, there are African American
  28. children who grow up thinking it's better to be white, Asian American
  29. children who hate their looks and want to look white.  Not everyone
  30. has your ability to tell the world to go to hell.
  31.  
  32.