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On Sep 15, 8:02 pm, "Sean" now.com.au> wrote:
> "Doing the same thing, over and over again for decades, and still
> expecting
> a different result."
This is just a goofy AA slogan. AA is, of course, that religious
organization that purports to be the only cure for the disease
of alcoholism. Nevertheless, this can't really define the word
"insanity," for reasons the poster Jack pointed out, and for
the simple reason that it doesn't even capture the essense
of psychotic mental illness.
Sean: I'm not responsible for who else may have used such a saying. It's
just a saying.
And I'm not diagnosing "psychotic mental illness". See a doctor if you or a
friend have such concerns. :)
> And yet still many people believe that substantial structural change in
> the
> way politics and economics works is anathema, impossible, or not necessary
> in the world today despite all signs and evidence to the contrary.
Well, we could all stand lower taxes. But that's not
something new.
Sean:
No it's not new. Neither are the various MO's of those who declare they want
lower taxes, or the govt's that implement lowering of taxes as Bush did, as
my own govt has done. Does that prove my point in any way?
> Of course underpinning all this is the way the majority of people continue
> to think, and what they choose as being of greater value over other
> available options. Yet there are none so blind as those who refuse to look
> in the first place. Others just need a little help.
So you are advocating a religious enlightenment true believer
sort of thing?
Sean:
No .... are you?
> Consider the following definition on a mass scale across a nation or a
> civilisation ..... what would it look like overall, and how would it
> manifest across varying groups and individuals?
Actually, as Nietzsche told us, "Insanity in individuals
is rare, in peoples, nations, parties, and races it is
the rule." Where would we be without Nietzsche's
honest sense of humor? I'd add 12-step organizations,
churches, and mass protests to the list, but that's sort
of implied by induction.
Sean:
I take it that you didn't quite understand the rhetorical questions implicit
in the word "consider".
Fine by me.
> Paranoic Type Schizophrenia - a form of schizophrenia characterized by
> delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include
> anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike
> other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if
> delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner.
Doubts about gender identity? Where did you get this
definition, from some obsolete Freudian text?
Sean:
Do a search online, I'm sure you find a reliable source, if you LOOK.
> --
> "Fear not the path of truth for the lack of people walking on it." RFK
> 1968
"They can gas me, but I am famous. I have achieved in one
day what it took Robert Kennedy all his life to do."
Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian who shot RFK
Sean:
Well isn't he a clever dick!
In religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost
every case gotten at second hand, and without examination.
Mark Twain
The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative
adopts them.
MARK TWAIN, Mark Twain's Notebook
