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."