Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!we13!otuxa!ll1!sb1!sb6!emory!gatech!spaf From: spaf@gatech.UUCP Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Competition Message-ID: <212@gatech.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-Jun-83 17:29:31 EDT Article-I.D.: gatech.212 Posted: Fri Jun 10 17:29:31 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Jun-83 02:56:39 EDT Lines: 21 Heck, I'm not happy when anyone competes with me and wins (I'm talking real competition, not friendly games). I don't mind if someone is better than I am at something as long as they don't try to make me feel bad about it. Competition is an attempt to prove something to your opponent. Proving self-confidence, which means accepting your limitations and being proud of your abilities, is not an easy thing to do. I applaud anyone, regardless of gender, who shows some sense of their own abilitites. A secure individual is one who is not threatened by failure, be it at the hands of a member of the opposite sex, a child, a computer, or just fate at work. No one can beat me at being me, and that's all that really matters, doesn't it? -- "The soapbox of Gene Spafford" Spaf @ GATech (CS Net) Spaf.GATech @ UDel-Relay (ARPA) School of ICS ...!{sb1, allegra}!gatech!spaf (uucp) Georgia Tech ...!duke!mcnc!msdc!gatech!spaf Atlanta, GA 30332