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From: mokhtar@ubc-vision.UUCP (Farzin Mokhtarian)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Re: Rape (The nature of Reality)
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Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 21:31:36 EST
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Posted: Wed Oct 30 21:31:36 1985
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Subject: Re: Re: Rape (The nature of Reality)
 
> While I admire Farzin's optimism about all our detective
> abilities, I can't bring myself to agree with him.  I don't
> believe that everyone can gain an accurate impression of a
> person all the time; ... 
 
I am not really being "optimistic" here and I don't believe what you call "our
detective abilities" will always work either. What I did say was that many times
it is the best thing (or the only thing) you can rely on. 
   
>                              And as for my mistrusting everyone
> (or at least all men), I refer Farzin to Jeff Lichtman's
> well-worded reply to Ray on that subject.  It's not that I go
> around my life looking at everyone with a penis and expecting
> that at some point it will be used against me; it's just that I
> live my life in a way that doesn't discount that possibility.  
> And, as Charlie says above, I've found no comfortable alternative. 
> Enough said, anyway.  
> Ellen Eades
  
If you think this is the best way to protect yourself, that's fine. That's what
you should do. But even well-protected castles have doors to the outside world.
That's because they want to keep out the bad guys but they also want to let in
a good guy every now and then. Openness can compromise security but being closed
can be a lot worse.
So, you are right. There is no "comfortable alternative". I suggest you drop
"comfortable" and just look for an "alternative".
   
   Farzin
  
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