Author: Graham Laight
Date: 02:38:09 11/23/00
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On November 22, 2000 at 12:51:11, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Great prose, pal. And of course I concur with your feeling. It amazes me once >and again the extremes of prudery that many americans can reach, many times the >same people that does not hesitate to fire one of his many weapons againts a guy >because it touched his car with a finger. I remember in one ocasion a child of >about 15 years, member of this group, that flamed me because a word or two. My >God, in my culture prudery is more or less thing of old, somewhat idiotic, >alzheimer kind of people, but you expect from youngs exactly the contrary. >Puritanism still alive? Politically correct discourse? Hipocrecy? What is the >secret? Why this problem with words and thoughts that does not fit with the >prevailing culture of conformism and put-under-the-carpet-anything-ugly? >Fernando I agree that issues like step parenting should be discussed, and people should know about the consequences of the reduced pressure for parents to get married and stay married. According to Matt Ridley's book, "The Red Queen" (popular science), children who live with a step father are 69x more likely to die before the age of 16 than children who live with their natural father. However, in general you should be aware that it is quite likely that people who are good at talking to other people, and reduce their risk of needlessly firing negative emotions in them, will be more successful in life than those who are clumsy with their use of the verbal tool. This case is put forcefully in Leil Lowndes' book, "How to talk to anyone". I have read the book, and I think I might have benefitted from it in this way. -g
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