Re: A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, a thought! Date: Ĭhristopher, Greg, Chris, Bill and everyone else
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To suggest that this latter group should resist treatment is bigotry, and a form of supression all its own.īelieve me, artists and mavericks will always buck the system! We don't need to make traitors out of the mentally ill to affirm our distaste for traitors of the free mind. Many are bright, sensitive individuals who indeed WOULD provide unique perspectives, insights.but can't focus, or bathe, or even connect the fragments of what used to be a "self."īe careful. However, there are legions of people at the ends of the neurological bell-curve who are not just "thinking out of the box." They are in hell. Where does one draw the line between "sensitive" and sick? Is there a practical referent other than ability to contribute to society as it stands? These are deep questions. And sure it's cheaper to dope trouble-makers than accommodate them. Only someone who's never been depressed, psychotic or unstable would ask why people take medications for these conditions.īy depressed I don't mean just "down in the mouth." Sure there are folks who'd rather have a quick fix than buckle down and address their issues.
Cherry's question a little more severely. The powers that be will tend toward "mind control," conspiratorily or no.īut I feel compelled to answer Mr. There will always be a tension between conformity and creativity, and in a healthy society the dialogue is open and ongoing.
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