Masturbation (was: Re: anti-stalinism)

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On Sat, 13 Jul 2002 at 2:51pm Carrol Cox wrote:
>
> The use of those terms increasingly becomes a sort of
> intellectual/political masturbation, and while physical
> masturbation may enhance life, intellectual masturbation
> is a serious threat to mental health.

Then why call it masturbation?  It seems your analogy is
flawed and just debases the term 'masturbation'.  Since you
are concerned about the correct use of words, why use a word
for something good as a term for something you consider bad?

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