To Ian, Geoff et al.....
Ian - How do "state" and "thing" differ? Only in that one is
generally viewed as being non-physical and the other is viewed as
being physical? Whether you call it a thing or a state doesn't change
that i"it" doesn't exist (in my opinion - and I'm open to having my
opinion altered - I just need a more convincing argument than I've
read here) Agaoin - I'm not saying that there aren't people who act
in a manner that we have chosen to describe as "insane" - just that
"sanity/insanity" are just terms that we use and in doing so, we put
the person we labelled into a box.
Geoff - You are getting close to what I'm saying. I just want people
to break out of the box of labels. You wrote: "My next point is that
we should define "sanity". What makes a person sane or does sanity
really exsist?"
Me: I think the problem is from too much defining what is sane
(either by defining sanity *or* by defining it's opposite - insanity
(since in my opinion, you can get to know what somehting is by
defining everything it isn't) There is too much defining going on.
This person is "sane" - this person is "insane" - why? because they
aren't showing abberational symptoms? because they are? There just
is "being" - we attempt to label the *way* a person is being because
it makes life easier. I read a quote today "a label is an attempt to
assert control and manage uncertainty" a static latch?) (the quote was
from Rachel Naomi Remen, an author of a book whose title i forgot to
write down)
Well...enough for now. And Seriously folks - I do want feedback -
differing of my opinion - try and show me that there is such a
thing/state/being of insanity (or sanity)
Be Good
Shalom
David Lind
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