On Fri, 28 Apr 2000 15:15:21 +0000, you wrote:
>Something to ponder.....It appears that in all of the posts on this
>subject - the writers believe there is a "thing" called insanity.
>Except for me. Am I insane for not believing in something that all
>the other posters believe to be real? Or if I'm right, are the
>posters insane for believing in something that doesn't exist? Again I
>contend that insanity does not exist. Just differences between
>people. But to make life a little easier, we have created labels.
>
>Insanity is just another way of saying "they" are different from
>"us."
Well, I do not believe that there is a *thing* called insanity. I
believe that there is a *state* which we commonly identify as
insanity. As Derrick suggested there are different declinations of
what insanity is.
If I throw myself off a roof (without material aid) greater than say
50 foot on this planet believing, against all the evidence of my life
prior to this, that I will "fly" down. I consider that to be within
the bounds of the state I call insanity.
There are many other actions/beliefs that I would consider to place
myself within these bounds. I should imagine that my bounds do not
tally with all that many people.
regards,
Ian
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