Posted by Peter on 10/31/24 11:26

"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."

FWIW almost all of Freud's theories have been debunked
over the years. There isn't much of his left standing today.

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