Re: CHAT: Unsolicited abuse
| From: | Tom Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 10, 1999, 19:45 |
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JOEL MATTHEW PEARSON wrote:
> On Mon, 10 May 1999, James Campbell wrote:
>
> > Interestingly, I've just received some hate-mail for Jameld. Some wiseacre
> > from Canada just wanted to tell me that "the whole thing is stupid, just
> > like its creator."
>
> Perhaps he was bitten by a rabid conlang when he was a small child
> and has born a grudge ever since...
>
> I once had a psychologist tell me that my conlanging was no better
> than mental masturbation (whatever that means), and the sign of a
> maladjusted personality.
Why would he even use that metaphor? I thought the APA had
taken masturbation (and homosexuality, and several other things that
used to be widely considered evidence of psychological problems)
off their "hitlist".
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