SIXTEEN people are sitting around a large circular table. A few private conversations have begun and ended. The sixteen are now sitting silently, looking at each other.

Person A: "Well, last session we were talking about drugs."

B: "I think that you wanted to make the first comment today because you'd like to take on a leadership role in this section."

A: "That's not true."

B: "Is so."

A: "Is not."

C: "I think it's true, A. What difference does it make that we were talking about drugs last time?"

A: "All right, all right, I'm sorry I brought it up. I was only suggesting something for us to talk about."

D: "I'm interested in why you're apologizing for your behavior, A. Don't you have enough confidence in your self to stick up for what you say?"

E: "I don't know what gives you the right to talk. D. Anybody who gets rated upward-negative-backwards, which Bales says means 'toward rugged individualism and gratification.' doesn't have much business telling other people how to act."

D: "It just so happens that I came pretty damn close to being upward-backwards, which means 'toward valuerelativism and expression.' So get fucked. E."

F: "This is the first time today we've mentioned sex." Section Leader: "F's comment seems to be arousing anxiety in the group."

G: "It didn't bother me. Did it bother you?"

H: "Hey, you can't ask the section leader questions."

G: "Why not?"