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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (131357)	8/10/2005 4:11:09 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793640

i remember how you spoke at great length when individuals challenged you on your usage of 'imaginary friend' when describing the belief system of religious people.... Yes, I remember that well. And it wasn't "religious people," it was certain religious people. You may not have noticed but I don't use that expression any more. may i suggest to you a dictionary? I used "brainwashed" because that's the word Michael used when he started this discussion. To avoid confusion, although it may not work, I generally try to use the words that are already on the table. It's one of the basic elements of collaborative discussion. As I thought I made clear, it's not my choice of word. I really don't have a better word, though, because despite years of effort I haven't gotten to the essence of the phenomenon so I don't know how to crisply characterize it. Any suggestions would be appreciated. A dictionary wouldn't help. (I think that most people, if they refer to it at all, refer to it as simply "stupid," but I'm not sure that's it.)