Re: The ultimate truth about ONANISM

[Guest guest]

Hi Jim,

Well my gf has threatened to cut my head off if I masturbate tonite,

which means I am probably going to get lucky when I see her tomorrow....

P.

" jim hankins " wrote:

original article:/group/12-step-free/?start=11969

> The horror of masturbation was a major medical preoccupation in

> centuries past. Bram Stoker's " Dracula " mentions " self-abusers " locked

> up in the same loony bin where they kept poor old Renfield. Even Walt

> Whitman, of all people, wrote of a wretched " onanist " in a poem in

> " Leaves of Grass. " I believe he edited that out of the final edition,

> though.

>

> If you want to learn more and laugh your ass off, check out my evil

> little brother's " War on Masturbation " website at

www.geocities.com/Cap

> itolHill/Senate/2680/index.html

>

> And yes, folks, it's all a joke, though he'll appreciate any hate mail

> you care to send his way.

>

>

> adgagn-@... wrote:

> original article:/group/12-step-free/?start=119

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> > i didn't think psychiatry had been around for that long?

> > -annette

> >

> >

> > >on Fri, 21 Jan 2000 22:38:38 -0800

> >

> > > " Pete Watts " wrote:

> >

> > >In-Reply-To: <86a0d1$85n3eGroups>

> >

> > >X-Mailing-List: 12-step-freeegroups

> >

> > >Subject: Re: The ultimate truth about addiction

> >

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> > [snippage]

> >

> >

> > >DR. SZASZ: Well, you are asking many, many questions:

> >

> > >whether or not it is a function of the government to provide

> >

> > >treatment for diseases which are bona fide diseases, and then to

> >

> > >provide treatment for what are not diseases but are politically

> >

> > >defined as diseases. It's difficult for me to discuss this

subject

> >

> > >without reminding people of the audience that masturbation, self

> >

> > >abuse, was for 200 years the leading psychiatric disease before it

> >

> > >was replaced by drug abuse. So these are not diseases.

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

mike kraemer wrote:

original article:/group/12-step-free/?start=12003

> jeeez i just had cyber sex with someone....what is

> dual masterbation called?

TWOANISM

P.

> --- Jim Hankins wrote:

> >

> > The horror of masturbation was a major medical

> > preoccupation in

> > centuries past. Bram Stoker's " Dracula " mentions

> > " self-abusers " locked

> > up in the same loony bin where they kept poor old

> > Renfield. Even Walt

> > Whitman, of all people, wrote of a wretched

> > " onanist " in a poem in

> > " Leaves of Grass. " I believe he edited that out of

> > the final edition,

> > though.

> >

> > If you want to learn more and laugh your ass off,

> > check out my evil

> > little brother's " War on Masturbation " website at

> > www.geocities.com/Cap

> > itolHill/Senate/2680/index.html

> >

> > And yes, folks, it's all a joke, though he'll

> > appreciate any hate mail

> > you care to send his way.

> >

> >

> > adgagn-@... wrote:

> > original

> >

> article:/group/12-step-free/?start=11967

> > > i didn't think psychiatry had been around for that

> > long?

> > > -annette

> > >

> > >

> > > >on Fri, 21 Jan 2000 22:38:38 -0800

> > >

> > > > " Pete Watts " wrote:

> > >

> > > >In-Reply-To: <86a0d1$85n3eGroups>

> > >

> > > >X-Mailing-List: 12-step-freeegroups

> > >

> > > >Subject: Re: The ultimate truth

> > about addiction

> > >

> > > >MIME-Version: 1.0

> > >

> > > >Content-Type: text/plain

> > >

> > > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

> > >

> > > [snippage]

> > >

> > >

> > > >DR. SZASZ: Well, you are asking many, many

> > questions:

> > >

> > > >whether or not it is a function of the government

> > to provide

> > >

> > > >treatment for diseases which are bona fide

> > diseases, and then to

> > >

> > > >provide treatment for what are not diseases but

> > are politically

> > >

> > > >defined as diseases. It's difficult for me to

> > discuss this subject

> > >

> > > >without reminding people of the audience that

> > masturbation, self

> > >

> > > >abuse, was for 200 years the leading psychiatric

> > disease before it

> > >

> > > >was replaced by drug abuse. So these are not

> > diseases.

> > >

> > >

> >

> >

> >