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From: keith@rlgvax.UUCP (keith)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Age Groups, Maturity, Relationships, and Such Matters
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Date: Sun, 31-Jul-83 09:18:00 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 31 09:18:00 1983
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							31 July 83
	I tend to agree with Paul Borman.  As we all know, whoever dies
with the most toys wins.  One of the ways of scoring is through/with
people.  Anyway, it's a little difficult to get what you want without
dealing with people at all.  So... when I first meet someone I classify
them using all those time honored cliches like age, sex, appearance, etc.
Alan has a valid point, though: there's no reason to lock yourself into a
particular opinion.  People *are* individuals, but they are also members
of certain large groups that have certain characteristics.  These groups
are divided up by distinguishing marks: age, dress, sex, etc.
	As a rather absurd story to illustrate my point, if you all have
ever gone to a *punk* club, think back...  when you looked at the dance
floor, you had an evaluation to make, based on appearance.  I didn't make
it quickly enough and I found myself involved in some sort of group dance
called (baroquely enough) The Slam.  Well, my body was baroquely enough too,
and I learned to evaluate a certain manner of dress at speed.
	To carry this topic further, life is short.  If I see someone
passed out on a park bench wrapped in a bottle wrapped in a brown paper
bag I do not stop to talk.  While my life *might* be enriched through a
cultural exchange, the chances are so minimal that I'm willing to risk
missing it.  Life is (to this ex-stat man) a bit of three card
Monte game.  You bet on the card you think is the queen.  You bet on
people the same way.

		He said he was game and so she shot him,
		Keith
		...![ allegra, seismo, mcnc, we13 ]!rlgvax!keith

p.s.	HEY BORMAN!!!  What's the matter with being a Psyc major?
	Sounds like a personal problem to me...

p.p.s.	HEY ZIGGO!!!  How'd the date work out?