> In terms of being raised by Dr. Spock, I think I was raised by his
> radical mother---moms was a bit loose as they used to say. However,
me
> and the ex sure went looking for Spock when our kid was about to
> arrive---and hung on every word. The real problem with Spock is he
> finished off as I remember sometime between six and eight or so. I
had
> a hard time finding something useful for those years between five
and
> ten. In fact I didn't find anything like Spock. Most of the material
> was too saturated with moralisms of various sorts from sex to
> lying---none of which I liked. What I was looking for basically
didn't
> exist or I couldn't find it, so I made it up. The center of it was a
> kind of acceptance and reading of bodies (much of which I picked up
> from disabled friends), as affection, solace, joy (in other words,
> love) as a core to morality and sociability.
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I was wondering when the most baffling word in any language was going
to show up on this list....
Thank you Chuck.
Ian