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 Posted by Netmask on 09/14/05 03:01 
Well if that's the case the whole Australian nation must be one of those  
hoopla's - guns and switchblades are banned in this country and would be  
collectors of these items are regarded by the majority of the population as  
mentally ill.... 
 
"Bob" <spam@uce.gov> wrote in message  
news:43257106.58113609@news-server.houston.rr.com... 
> On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 10:16:05 GMT, "Netmask" 
> <netmask56NoFleas@gmail.com> wrote: 
> I 
>>>>I have a can handy near my desk because I use it to polish the brass 
>>>> bolsters on my switchblade collection. 
> 
>>I'm more worried about the 'switchblade collection' a budding jack the 
>>ripper! 
> 
> You are what psychiatrists call a "hoplophobe". That's a person who 
> has an irrational fear of weapons. It's the hoplophobe we need to be 
> concerned about, not the switchblade collector. According to Freud: 
> 
> "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional 
> maturity." The wish is father to the fear, i.e. the fear of weapons 
> arises from an unconcious impulse or wish to do something 
> socially-unacceptable with them. This is combined  with a lack of 
> mature coping mechanisms to deal with these feelings. Ever notice just 
> how angry and impulsive hoplophobes are." 
> 
> 
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