From: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
Subject: Re: Credibility and Trueness or ED.
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 20:02:33 GMT

In article <ewright.728158167@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
>In <1993Jan27.004250.17453@sol.UVic.CA> atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (dreas) writes:
>
>>You are either an excellent comedian or don't know the difference 
>>between an acquaintance and a relationship.
>
>relationship: a state of affairs existing between those having 
>              relations or dealings
>
>acquaintance: personal or firsthand knowledge
 
Dickheads dictionary existence. Did someone say black or white?
 
>
>It seems to me that one could have firsthand knowledge of a person
>but not have dealings with that person.  That would be an acquaintance
>without a relationship.  If you go to dinner with a person, however,
>then you are having dealings, hence a relationship, with that person.

 I never knew I was having a relationship with everyone that occupied a 
restaurant the same time I did. You know that babe in the third tow at church,
you guessed it we're all having relationships with her. Blah blah.
 
>
>Now, what was your point again?
 
Your head.
 
>
>
>>Well, I think it's about time you cut him a bit of slack. If the man 
>>has a point, he has a point. He has often pointed things out that are
>>irrevocable and blatant to a four year old. 
>
>Yes.  To a four-year-old.
 
Good, maybe the four year old can explain it to you.
 
>
>
>>>Which is sometimes justified and sometimes not.  Unfortunately,
>>>some people, such as Charlie Martin, have accepted the idea that
>>>anything which makes them unhappy is somehow their fault.  Which 
>>>is probably why Charlie, when not reinventing logic and mathematics,
>>>is busy having his head shrunk.
>
>>I find it a wise move to seek help for problems in one's life that
>>are just too big to handle... 
>
>Seeking "help" from astrologers, psychiatrists, psychologists,
>psychics, psychic astrologers, trance channelers, crystal healers,
>and similar charlatans only helps you avoid facing the real problem.   
 
Well I guess its Eddies opinion against the hundreds of thousands of people
who have received help from psychiatrists and psychologists. Hows your
family life Eddie?
 
>
>Besides, psychology is based on a denial of the existance of 
>free will.  And without free will, you cannot decide to do
>anything, including "seeking help" from a psychologist, 
>you can only be driven to it by mysterious "psychic forces"
>beyond your control.   So, when a psychologist tells you 
>you should seek his help, he isn't even being internally
>consistent.
 
Look its an Eddie ---^.
 
>
>
>>>If all you want to achieve is mindless contentedness, drugs
>>>probably are the answer.
>
>>Agreed, but that is not my personal goal, nor do I believe that it is
>>yours. I could be stoned out on heroin or opium at this very minute, but
>>I have learned that illegal drugs are not for me a long time ago. I used
>>to be on tranquilizers, tricyclic antidepressants, lithium carbonate,
>>and all kinds of other prescription goo over the years. 
>
>Could be Charlie's breakfast cereal. :-)
 
Note the smilie. Typical worm move.
 
>
>
>>>Maybe for you.  For me, it takes someone whose apprecation goes
>>>beyond what he or she can "get out" of me.  It's one thing for
>>>someone to be pleased that I do something; it's another to be
>>>pleased that *I* do it.
>
>>Can't you just take pleasure in doing and giving of yourself? Folks
>>appreciate it 
>
>You're not paying attention.  The point, again, since you seem
>to have missed it:  It's one thing for folks to appreciate *it*;
>it's another for them to appreciate *me*.  The former just isn't
>good enough, as far as I'm concerned.  
 
So if your not going to lavish praise on SFB's, don't expect anything from him.
Hows your family life SFB's?
 
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