Re: EMOTIONAL IQ: (Transhumans: Anger management vs. Guns)

From: Doug Jones (random@qnet.com)
Date: Thu Jun 10 1999 - 14:25:18 MDT


mark@unicorn.com wrote:
>
> dwayne [dwayne@pobox.com] wrote:

> >Why get angry about it? Why not just ask them to stop?
>
> Because if you don't get angry when you ask them to stop they're
> not going to know how much you want them to stop. Anger is a
> well-developed social convention which tells other people when
> they've gone too far.

Except that when a white male such as myself gets angry about
something, he's being a fascist patriarchal oppressor, and is
obviously in the wrong. Sigh.

--
Doug Jones, Rocket Plumber
Rotary Rocket Company


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