Anti Depressants?...

Stephen E Philion philion at hawaii.edu
Wed Aug 30 12:02:59 PDT 2000


Carrol writes: As Doug's comment brings out, Reese exults in his freedom from illness just as the white racist exults in his/her white skin.

Steve writes: Actually, rest assured that Reese is only able to exult in an *assumed* freedom from illness. For all he knows, at this moment he is in the early stages of an uncurable disease...he simply has no way of actually knowing whether he is free from disease, regardless of how many tests he should take to find out...the irony of such exultation is that it is utterly unscientific, even less than shooting Craps...

Steve

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