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11 Post author: lucidfox 15 July 2011 07:10AM

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Comment author: lucidfox 15 July 2011 12:30:43PM 5 points [-]

It is desire, more or less - if someone believes they already have body parts they actually don't, now that's a delusion. However, calling it "desire" implicitly implies that fulfilling it is optional for their well-being, and that it's somehow okay to treat them the way they don't want to be treated until then.