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From: abv@pucc-h (David L. Stevens)
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Subject: Re: Control of emotions
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Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 10:09:39 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  8 10:09:39 1985
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>From: jackson@curium.DEC (Seth Jackson)
>
>>> From: Bob Bruck

>>> Your [sic] right, Greg, it does sound cold.  I will agree that a strong person has
>>> the ability to control her/his emotions, but I am not sure it is a wise per-
>>> son that does so.
>>
>>	I need this book or this person who has told you that control of
>>emotions is not healthy.  I've got 40+ books on the shelf behind me
>>right now that says it is healthy and 3+ psychologists at my disposal
>>that will agree.  If you have source, PLEASE post/e-mail the title/name.
>>
>>		Gypsy (Julie Hoff)  ...ihnp4!ihuxa!hoff
> 
>
>The lady doth protest too much!
>__

	Indeed!
	It would seem, Gypsy, that there are those of us who do not agree with
your 40+ books and 3.5 psychologists-- at least in our own lives. That is our
choice (that word again), and if you intend to change our minds, reciting
Psych texts (or any other "Authority") isn't going to help. Aristotle once
asserted that "heavy objects fall faster than light ones," and since he *was*
the authority, this belief permeated "science" for 1200 years. Then a man named
Galileo not only disproved this theory, but he showed how *anyone* could verify
that, indeed, all objects fall at the same rate.
	You rely on the authority, not on the facts they've gathered. If you
are well versed in these matters, why not paraphrase the theories and their
bases, and let us discuss *those*, rather than impressing us with your library?
						peace,

							+-DLS