At 10:12 AM 07/12/99 -0500, Jim Tantillo wrote:
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>I know Steve B. has already responded to this in a very sensitive way, and
>I agree with him that this subject of "trophies" is a much more complicated
>topic than the above comments indicate. Why does anybody hang anything on
>the wall? Why do parents hang pictures of their children on the wall? Is
>it to demonstrate pride of ownership, and mask their insecurities by
>exerting (subconsciously) bragging rights over other people, e.g. "my kid
>is better than your kid"? Well, perhaps it is, for *some* people--but to
>speculate that this is a general motivation for all parents strains
>credibility.
But parents don't hang the heads of their children on the wall, at least I
hope they don't. They hang photos or paintings. Why is this? Perhaps
because they value their children (humans) in a substantively different way
than they value deer (nonhumans).
McLeod
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Dr. Lisa S. McLeod
Coker College
Hartsville SC 29550
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