On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:31:27 -0500, "cybercat" >
wrote:

>
>"blake murphy" > wrote
>>
>> or maybe it's some kind of residual puritan idea that folks are being
>> punished by god, who seems to go in for that sort of thing.
>>
>
>Or maybe just "DESTROY THE DIFFERENT ONE! DIFFERENT BAD!
>UG!"
>
>Beat that for a dark view of human nature.
>
>(Also, mental illness is defined as "[blah blah blah ...] and they bother
>people.
>Until you bother people in some way, you can be as crazy as an outhouse rat
>and nobody will call you mentally ill.)
>

true. or if you're very, very good at something (chess, athletics,
art) you can still bug the shit out of people.

your pal,
blake