G'day Rachel,

Replying to a message of Rachel L. Akers to Jeff Green on 28-08-96:

 AWL>> ... [chomp]... There seem to be a very large number of people
 AWL>> who've been 'molested' (over 20% of the population according to 
 AWL>> many socialworker types) who have gone on with their lives with 
 AWL>> no apparent ill effects.

 JG>> That seems to tie in nicely with the comment I've heard that 1/5 
 JG>> of the population are slightly (or more) unhinged.

 RLA>  my usual responce is to ask "what is
`normal'???" With
 RLA> stats like 20% of marriages fail before the 10th year... That would
 RLA> classify Alex & I as `normal'  

Sounds to me like you classify as a normally married couple. Sad isn't it? :-)

Regards...Jeff (jeff{at}matra.com.au)

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