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To: epicure who wrote (31830)	2/27/2004 9:21:18 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793617

Yeah, black and white are compelling "colors." This discussion has caused me to wonder if the disconnect isn't in part one of differentiating emotions. I bought Emotional Intelligence when it first came out and still haven't gotten past the first chapter, although I have picked it up several times. I really should read that book. Anyway, I wonder if the reaction of anger at the terrorists, which is understandable, doesn't get interpreted as fear of the terrorists, or perhaps simply that fear is anger's fellow traveler, or maybe just emotional slop-over. I wonder, too, to what extent the fear is actually experienced as opposed to being rationalized as a means to an end, namely to prop up the call for the action that is demanded by the anger. Remember, this discussion, the current iteration of it, started with Dick Morris's advocacy of fearmongering. I find it all interesting. Well, perhaps "interesting" isn't the best word for something so worrisome.