Path: rambo.bobo.net!xs4all!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!het.net!news.tele2.nl!newsfeed1.swip.net!swipnet!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.concentric.net!207.155.183.80.MISMATCH!global-news-master From: inFormer@informer.org (Rev Dennis Erlich) Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: Re: "Shattered" minds Date: 22 Nov 1998 20:29:50 PST Organization: inFormer Ministry [a 501(c)3 non-profit, religious organization] "... in service of cult victims and their families." Lines: 29 Message-ID: <3659cda6.2334855@news.concentric.net> References: <36434818.32145259@news.tiac.net> <3656e375.6633428@enews.newsguy.com> <3657CC45.5496@virgin.net> <3657fb3b.0@news2.lightlink.com> <739l9n$p8a$1@nntp1.u.washington.edu> Reply-To: informer@informer.org NNTP-Posting-Host: ts038d21.lax-ca.concentric.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.451 X-No-Archive: yes Xref: rambo.bobo.net alt.religion.scientology:146898 ceon@u.washington.edu (Ceon Ramon): >I've worked with abused women and find nothing >even remotely funny about two men cracking each other up over the idea >of slapping women around. I struck a woman once, much to my own shame. It is nothing to joke about, Roland. But if you want to slap someone around, I suggest Mr Alexander might be willing to reciprocate. >Jokes can be a cover for genuine hostility, >and I think you've just told us something about yourself you'd probably >have preferred to keep between you and your therapist. Or your parole >officer. Roland does take things over the edge at times. But you know he is only trying to express his twisted sense of humor. I do it myself at times, just to break the seriousness of the subject. But since male/fem relations aren't the subject of this ng, I think its best to say simply, the joke dint work. And let it pass. Rev Dennis Erlich * * the inFormer * *