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Date: | Mon, 11 Jun 2001 02:25:19 +0800 |
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Normal is boring!
I regard it as an insult when people tell me how `normal' I can appear
in certain situations. Even if I was AB (god forbid) I would still be
weird - and proud of it! The problem is finding others who
appreciate the strange and weird in life.
And if everyone was `normal' nothing would ever be acheived or changed
in life. All the best discoveries, inventions etc, were devised by
people who didn't fit the mold of `normal' if only intellectually.
Many of the great creators/inventors were misfits and misunderstood or
revilled by `normal' society.
Rayna
On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 02:09:10PM -0400, K. Salkin wrote:
LOL... you've brought up a point that can set me on simmering...
OK, what's normal? Being able-bodied? Pleez, give me a break. Timothy
McVeigh is a A-B person and I do NOT call him normal by any standards.
Let's talk about my boyfriend <grin>. Terry is a warm, compassionate guy,
but do people see him as "normal?" No, as he's 48 and has his hair slicked
back into a ponytail. He's a former electronic musician who now does
printing tech stuff on a computer. He's in great physical shape, but to
look at him now, you'd never believe he's fought Hepatitis C and won! This
in spite of his being sick for almost 20 years.
I am tired of people judging by what society sees as "normal."
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