It's nice to see the machinations of another's mind...figuring it out, figuring it all out.
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3 comments:
Interesting.
So often, that's how I feel. And I'm still trying to figure out what it all means.
Absolutely. I would be afraid if I thought I had it all figured out. I think you should blog on madness and diversity. Have a go at figuring out what people think about letting loose with a little madness - it would be interesting in a country that is as medicated as the US, to find out what the comfort line is for people when it comes to madness/diversity. I didn't want to write this in your blog in case I come off sounding like a silly-milly. Or, you could write about ethics versus law and how conflicted these two things are.
Madness and diversity? Intriguing...
Tell me more.
From where I'm sitting, I'm recalling a time when we shut our crazies up in institutions and sanatoriums and such. I know when I lived in Austria, that was still the practice. (Of course, that was also almost 20 years ago. Perhaps things have changed, but I doubt it?)
I think most Americans are okay with a little 'madness' as long as it doesn't feature 'rantings, ravings, and nonsensical ravings' that border on lunacy. I think our sanitized word for madness is 'weird' or 'quirky'. Then again, what they might consider 'mad' (or weird or quirky) may, in fact, be an attempt on the part of the individual to release some tension and stress. Case in point: my brother--when he was younger--would literally skip down a long hall in his office as a way to work out his stress and as a way to throw people off a bit. I asked him the other day if he still does this. He said, "Not literally anymore, but I often do in my head."
Am I anywhere near what you're getting at? Perhaps I should have you guest blog over on DC Rush Hour and you could tease this idea out...
As for the conflict between ethics versus the law... Good God. I wouldn't even know where to start since most Americans believe they are always law-abiding and ethical and laws and ethics don't apply to them as much as they do to 'the other.'
Hm. Well, you've give me noodling matter....
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