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Originally posted by TheThing:
a physically unhealthy person can still participate in healthy exersize.
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Agreed. But as you recall my point as applied to this arguement would be the physically unhealthy person is still less heathly than a healthy person. You see, my entire post was solely in response to your statement "The individual healthiness does not determine the healthiness of relationship. however, the intimacy and depth of bond does rely on individual's healthniess."
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Originally posted by TheThing:
you see, if two individuals in a relationship do not try to work towards each other, end of the story. It doesn't matter if both parties are healthy. however, the opposite is true when both are willing to cooperate.
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I also agree with this point. That was why I made my arguement "ceteris peribus" (meaning all other things held constant). Athough I would argue that ones willingnes to work toward another is more than likely reflective of ones emotional health. Consequently, this would be another potential relational hiderance of an emotionally unhealthy person.
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Originally posted by TheThing:
so individual healthiness is not a required elemante.
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I never said that individual health was requisite for a healthly relationship. What I argued was; the healthier the participants, the healthier the relationship (as a general rule of thumb) as opposed to "The individual healthiness does not determine the healthiness of relationship."
Ultimately, my point was this; you state "The individual healthiness does not determine the healthiness of relationship. however, the intimacy and depth of bond does rely on individual's healthniess." I on the other hand am saying you cannot say intimacy and depth of relationship are reliant on the health (emotional etc...)of the individuals in the relationship while the relationship itself is not. This, IMHO, cannot be the case because the health of a relationship is dependant on its depth and intimacy.
[ 04-10-2002, 08:29 PM: Message edited by: onthepequod ]