> Americans are the most over-stimulated and under-gratified people in the > world. If you think about it, this is not a contradiction at all; the > one requires the other -- to ensure compulsive behavior...like shopping.
They can't be under-gratified, otherwise we would hear about it. Or is it that their mouths are filled ? In Holland, quite a few of the higher skilled, higher paid workers get shopping done for them through their workplace. In Holland, the tendency is for people to see shopping for groceries as an errand which detracts from quality time. Window shopping is different though, and shopping can be a way to win friends and influence people. It is all in how you define it, or what your goal is. > > More interesting to me is the obsessive labeling. Why does it matter > that one is homosexual, heterosexual, bisexual, etc. What is any of this > about? Don't you know ? Firstly, God forbids human pleasure not in accordance with his Law, and some people see themselves as authorities about that for all of us. Secondly, you do need to know, in order to connect with the people you want or need. J.
