Different segments, different agendas.

Obsession.

If (in Murica anyway) your obsession is that, wherever you go.. you constantly see orange frogs appearing to hop around in the background .. most every place you go: the odds are great (unless you are also very rich Ex: one H. Hughes Esq.) -- "for your own protection" -- a so-named Psychiatrist/priest may eliminate even more of your civil liberties than John Ashcroft has achieved (thus far).

You'll be locked up. Protest (fail to cooperate): more evidence of your instability. Indefinite detention in a temple of 'sanity' wherein even your very most reasonable argument is deemed: just a clever ploy to disguise your 'sickness'.

But if your obsession is - $$.. if you are willing to risk the long-term survival of your own society [for Your and your Friends' short-term manipulations to obtain even more $$ than the huge amount already extirpated] ... if in Fact: you may well be risking even the future of the entire planet-full of Others, in search of merely Your next advantage in the control of unlimited $$/power --

Why that same Psychiatrist/priest shall pronounce you: not merely sorta-'sane' but Normal. <<<

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Post #45,269 by Brandioch 7/12/02 7:37:31 AM Reply	Different segments, different agendas. Oil is profitable. Very profitable. We must keep the oil flowing. Selling weapons systems is profitable. Very profitable. We must identify "the enemy" so that our government can buy more weapons systems. Frequently, "the enemy" is anyone who might restrict the flow of oil. Then all your friends get to share in your achievements.
Post #45,308 by Ashton 7/12/02 2:41:44 PM Reply	Such single-mindedness has a name. Obsession. If (in Murica anyway) your obsession is that, wherever you go.. you constantly see orange frogs appearing to hop around in the background .. most every place you go: the odds are great (unless you are also very rich Ex: one H. Hughes Esq.) -- "for your own protection" -- a so-named Psychiatrist/priest may eliminate even more of your civil liberties than John Ashcroft has achieved (thus far). You'll be locked up. Protest (fail to cooperate): more evidence of your instability. Indefinite detention in a temple of 'sanity' wherein even your very most reasonable argument is deemed: just a clever ploy to disguise your 'sickness'. But if your obsession is - $$.. if you are willing to risk the long-term survival of your own society [for Your and your Friends' short-term manipulations to obtain even more $$ than the huge amount already extirpated] ... if in Fact: you may well be risking even the future of the entire planet-full of Others, in search of merely Your next advantage in the control of unlimited $$/power -- Why that same Psychiatrist/priest shall pronounce you: not merely sorta-'sane' but Normal. <<< What is wrong with this picture?
Post #45,336 by jb4 7/12/02 4:44:57 PM Reply	Hey...for a small fee... .. any "psychologist" can be convinced to pronounce you sane... jb4 "I remember Harry S. Truman's sign on his desk. 'The buck stops here.' Strange how those words, while still true, mean something completely different today." -- Brandioch
Post #45,340 by Ashton 7/12/02 4:55:27 PM Reply	..and the $$-circle is complete.

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