--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 5, 2006, at 4:54 PM, authfriend wrote: > > >> Yep, and one wonders what it is--I would guess some kind of > >> security. Gotta be *some* payoff for all that boredom. > > > > Don't suppose it could have anything to do with > > benefits from doing program, could it? > > You really think they get more benefits than those of us > who do it and aren't on it, Judy?
Well, they do *more* of it, and always in a group. I can't help but think doing it with a group with whom you're living exclusively over long periods might intensify the group synergy. > I just don't see any evidence of that. Between > sickness, crying jags that last for weeks, supposedly, and constant > pleas to their friends for $$, I'd say they probably get less. I really don't know, but I wouldn't rule it out. If unstressing is a real phenomenon, that could be responsible for the crying jags, and even at least some of the illness. But I don't see how begging for money indicates a lack of benefits; could be the benefits are so great they want them to continue badly enough to do the begging. I mean, think of politicians running for office... On the other hand, I can certainly see how the communal living in a protected environment would be perceived as a benefit all by itself, so that could well be part of it. When I was a kid, I saw Audrey Hepburn in "The Nun's Story" and startled my mother by telling her I had decided I was going to become a nun when I grew up. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
