Re: [tips] Why do we feel embarrassed for others?

2015-02-16 Thread Mike Palij
On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 13:15:06 -0800, Jeffry Ricker wrote: On Feb 15, 2015, at 12:18 PM, Mike Palij wrote: Take a look at the following: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0018675#pone-0018675-g002 and http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3654216/ Thanks,

Re: [tips] Why do we feel embarrassed for others?

2015-02-16 Thread Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D.
On Feb 16, 2015, at 1:58 AM, Jim Clark j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca wrote: For his offending over 30,000,000 Canadians who worship Bill Shatner I wish to apologize to the citizens of Canada. I have no reason to doubt Jim’s statement that William Shatner is beloved by the entire population of your

Re: [tips] Why do we feel embarrassed for others?

2015-02-16 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
Thank you for the permission. Shatner went back and forth between good and poor quality acting, IMO. Sometimes an entire series would evoke empathic embarrassment (TJ Hooker?). While other times, he’s over the top performance was a perfect fit for the character he was playing (Boston Legal).

Re: [tips] Why do we feel embarrassed for others?

2015-02-16 Thread Rick Stevens
Personally, I thought that Shatner was having fun and I did not need to be embarrassed for him. For the not easily embarrassed for others, both Shatner and Nimoy have whole albums and there is one that has both artists(?) on one.

RE: [tips] Why do we feel embarrassed for others?

2015-02-16 Thread Jim Clark
Hi For his offending over 30,000,000 Canadians who worship Bill Shatner (along with that other great Montreal speak-singer, Leonard Cohen), Jeff must listen multiple times to the following rendition of O Canada by none other than William Shatner ... and in its entirety!

Re: [tips] Gender Roles in Homosexual Relationships

2015-02-16 Thread Michael Britt
In response to Beth’s note about: why humans feel the need to categorize and break groups down into subcategories. I guess the psychological need for categories is especially acute when it comes to sexual matters. We’re so anxious about sex as it is and as the lines blur between what have