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[fajrdrako]

People are pretty much alike. It's only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our similarities. - Linda Ellerbee

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[wanderinunicorn.livejournal.com]

The basic desires are similar, but I think that there are also considerable differences.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

What do you consider a considerable difference?

Seems to me tht the biggest divide is between the sane and the insane. It can, at first glance, be difficult to tell which is which.

[wanderinunicorn.livejournal.com]

Seems to me tht the biggest divide is between the sane and the insane. It can, at first glance, be difficult to tell which is which.

You're right, sanity or insanity is only a point of view. I'm sitting now in my office discussing the philosophical questions. From the point of view of my boss it's insane but not from mine.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

From the point of view of my boss it's insane but not from mine.


Yes, there you have it!

But I was thinking of another level of sanity.... Perhaps 'rationality' is a better word. The people who appear to be normal and functioning but, on acquaintance, turn out to be narcissists or sociopaths or just lacking whatever it is that makes us human by normal definitions - these are the people like Paul Bernardo or Jack the Ripper or Hitler or Saddam Hussein or whatever destructive individual you care to name - and they can do a lot of harm, even on a small-scale level.

[wanderinunicorn.livejournal.com]

I meant the basic desires like the need for love and security etc. have all human beings, but there are always people who loves animals and other who harass them, there are always people who loves books and such who want to do away all libraries, because it costs to much maney and the working people haven't any time to read (sic!). That what I meant considerable differencies.

The names you mention; it's cruelty mostly bound with ignorance, it's evil himself. Hard to say how it rises and develops, I don't know.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I guess if we knew what really caused evil acts we'd be able to do something about them and the world would be much better off.

such who want to do away all libraries

Gasp of horror! And you know, the people who want rid of libraries often seem to be the same politicians who are funding them.... or, rather, underfunding them. (Not my favourite people.)