Right, Jock. I feel the pain.

Actually this reveals a hidden upside to the endless stream of guilt-trips and blame-flows instilled by Catholic and Jewish mothers from time immemorial. Although it is ridiculous on the face of it to inform a child that the Infinite Creator of All Existence is somehow terribly concerned about what he does with his wee-wee, or running "when are you going to get a REAL job?" on a 45-year-old author of multiple best-selling novels...it does instill a substitute mental icon on which to anchor a sense of guilt and self-recrimination. Although this is a really, really bad substitute for a genuine, self-generated sense of responsibility, at least it makes people get out of bed in the morning and not do things they would be ashamed of if they had one...until the reactive pressures get too high.


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