In a message dated 4/21/2004 12:33:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mccreery@xxxxxxx writes: Thinking bad things about people in another group, Dr. Spencer said, makes people feel better about their own group, "which then makes them feel better about themselves." This is similar to what I took Dr. Borowik to be saying in her remarks about school children. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html