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Old 12-16-2003, 07:11 AM   #22 (permalink)
sailor
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Originally posted by Sledge
I see sXe as a socially acceptable manifestation of what's, at heart, a decent philosophy - but a manifestation that plays to the motivations and biases that make an ingroup work.

In other words, I respect people who refuse to ingest mind-altering substances. But sXe is what happens when such people get together, divide the world up into "us" vs. "them," and start thinking as a group instead of for themselves.
Thats the best explanation Ive heard yet.

I like the idea, and its a very respectable thing, but the image they have is not something admirable.
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