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cross-posted from the mgh webforums hi all i have re-posted the whole of joan's acceptance speech in re the Sidney Dorros Memorial Award under a separate topic name, since the original text of joan's speech seems to have been lost in the shuffle of the recent kerfuffle. since i have also cross-posted it to the pd listserv and to my newsletter, it will also live on in the associated archives. not to mention the upcoming updates to both joan snyder's website and donna dorros' website. denial is just that - denial. don't want to know; don't want to listen; i don't believe what you are saying; you are wrong; i am right; you are stupid; shutup; leave me alone; you have no right to say what you are saying; etc etc. it is a self defence mechanism which we use to protect ourselves from the pain of awareness or understanding which we are not yet ready to deal with. it is a reflection of the state of mind of the person person expressing the denial it has nothing to do with the person or idea being denied the person or idea being denied did not 'cause' the re-action we are not responsible for the way others treat us; we are only responsible for the way we treat others - paraphrased from Rose Lane when our siblings deny us, we have been told to turn the other cheek. how many times? seven times seven times seven vengeance and retribution and the judgment involved in same are not for us - we have other tasks to complete while we are here and that is the energiser bunny's stated mission and ministry and mine as well with love janet janet paterson: an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit perky, parky . pd: 54/41/37 cd: 54/44/43 tel: 613 256 8340 email: [log in to unmask] . snail mail: 375 Country Street, Apt 301, Almonte, Ontario, Canada, K0A 1A0 . a new voice: the nnnewsletter: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/janet313/ . a new voice: the wwweb site: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn