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To: areokat who wrote (87032)	3/27/2003 3:20:35 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 280801

Researcher: Protesters are 'Failures' Sounds right to me, areokat. ..... Kalpan has studied generations of Houston school children, starting in seventh grade and following them into their twenties. He says for people who's 'emotional ties with conventional membership groups are severely weakened,' participating in social protest activities have 'self enhancing effects.' "Where experiences of rejection and failure are overwhelming, and also associated with membership in a conventional group, participation in protests allows the individual to reduce negative self feelings without causing a negative self judgment," Kaplan said.