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Pat Kelly · 05-16-2003, 06:00 PM

Is it normal to be abnormal and if so how abnormal is normal?

Azathoth · 05-16-2003, 06:01 PM

That really depends on your definition of normal.It's all relative.

Philosoft · 05-16-2003, 06:07 PM

Good grief. Somebody get this thread to ~Elsewhere~... stat!

ju'iblex · 05-16-2003, 06:17 PM

yeah yeah, it's going. But if you really want to know about abnormal vs. normal I suggest you go read some foucault.

HelenM · 05-17-2003, 04:14 AM

Posting nude pictures of children on your website and defending sex with children is abnormal, in my opinion.

Some forms of abnormality are relatively harmless but in my opinion that's not one of them.

Helen

Loren Pechtel · 05-17-2003, 08:05 AM

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Originally posted by Pat Kelly
Is it normal to be abnormal and if so how abnormal is normal?

Normal comprises a wide range.

Outside that are two classes of things.

The first is the merely unusual. Things like my marriage. Soon before we married she was exactly twice my age.

The second is unacceptable. Things like your sexual desires.

ExTheist · 05-18-2003, 03:58 PM

normal is what's normal for you.

Godot · 05-18-2003, 06:57 PM

Normal is the median of the population. The closer you are to the central tendency, the more 'normal' you are.
Abnormal is simply deviance from the norm.

Ergo, in a loony bin, the doctors are abnormal. In open society, someone with your attitudes towards children is abnormal.

Nostalgic Pushhead · 05-18-2003, 07:28 PM

Normality has no correlation with moral value, as far as I can see. And its all very relative anyway.

ExTheist · 05-19-2003, 07:03 AM

I went thru a stage in my early 30s when I actually worried about being "normal", but I quickly matured and grew out of that notion.

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Pat Kelly Regular Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 134	Abnormal Normality Is it normal to be abnormal and if so how abnormal is normal?

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Azathoth Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The centre of infinity Posts: 1,181	That really depends on your definition of normal.It's all relative.

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Philosoft Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Southeast of disorder Posts: 6,829	Good grief. Somebody get this thread to ~Elsewhere~... stat!

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ju'iblex Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sydney Australia and beyond the realms of Gehenna Posts: 6,035	yeah yeah, it's going. But if you really want to know about abnormal vs. normal I suggest you go read some foucault.

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HelenM Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Ill Posts: 6,577	Posting nude pictures of children on your website and defending sex with children is abnormal, in my opinion. Some forms of abnormality are relatively harmless but in my opinion that's not one of them. Helen

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ExTheist Regular Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Earth Posts: 238	normal is what's normal for you.

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Godot Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Calgary Posts: 1,335	Normal is the median of the population. The closer you are to the central tendency, the more 'normal' you are. Abnormal is simply deviance from the norm. Ergo, in a loony bin, the doctors are abnormal. In open society, someone with your attitudes towards children is abnormal.

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Nostalgic Pushhead Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: So. Burlington, Vermont Posts: 4,315	Normality has no correlation with moral value, as far as I can see. And its all very relative anyway.

05-19-2003, 07:03 AM	#10
ExTheist Regular Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Earth Posts: 238	I went thru a stage in my early 30s when I actually worried about being "normal", but I quickly matured and grew out of that notion.

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