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
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> 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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