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The No Touch Rule
by David Pointer
It seems potential
liability trumps
theraputic love:
First the community
mental health center
outlawed staff hugs
to adult clients and
kids, but still embraced
all their insurance
then the school
told teachers the
same thing-now
after being brutally
tormented by his
classroom peers
Bartholomew gets
most of his positve
strokes from his
video game's
sirens and bells
reflecting off his
grandfather's
satin black gun
case when he's
killed enough of
something to be
recognized.
Jan. 2007
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