Wednesday, May 30, 2007

What is insanity?

Ponder:
Would the world be a better place if mankind are subjected to unconditional autonomy?
Not simply cheap talk of 'freedom' or 'independence'.
But the right to act and behave as they please.
If there was one particular reality I long to engage in is..
the 'crazy' dude who just passed by your car.
muttering.
cursing.
blabbing.
smiling.
laughing.
shouting.
the bloke who has probably never changed his outfit for days.
heck,months.
the woman who does a kung-fu stance in the middle of the street (whilst facing her opponent:the stray dog)
the person who dares to stare at you like there's no tomorrow.
in which u probably don't have the balls to return the gaze.
the man who fulfills the similar task as our 'faithful' MPPJ buddies.
picking up your shits.
never gets paid like the others.
finding joy in your trash.
their version of assets i guess.
what's important to you, is bullshit to them.
question is, are they truly so distant,
so far away from the 'normal' society?
or, are they a reflection of 'free-willy'?
merely a representation of your hidden 'freedom'?

*thought: freedom= overrated.idealistic for most.

~Vibe: Ministry of Sound: 2002 Ibiza chill-out.

8 comments:

nadzirahashim said...
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nadzirahashim said...

yes freedom IS overrated. it sure as hell doesn't exist within the "normal" society. then again, what is normality? who the hell said it's normal to be this way and it's not normal to be the other way? alas, it's back to our roots. that's why it has always interest me to find out who the hell started every single shit that started aside from u know, God. but let's not even go there. kamu ni sungguh berfikiran dalaman. saya gemar membaca. :)

nadzirahashim said...

oh yeah the first comment was from me. deleted it cos it was cacat. hehe. anyways babes, come to lunch with us on a friday. maybe tomorrow if u can make it cos fridays my lunch is from 12.30-2.30! yay! hehe. jom jom!

R. said...

hehe...gld u enjoy my rants..damn these thoughts that keep pacing through me head...man,u know what normal is?its what the majority says...thats how it comes abt...tsk.no room for black sheeps apparently.funny how how life functions around it kan?LOVEeeeee

lee wei said...

Love this post. I've had that thought before.

That's why I damn admire nudists. They just break from the typical society ideology.

I'm not saying I'm a nudist though. Hee.

machfairy said...

I heart nudists.

Well Ray-Ray, the blacksheeps are simply people who don't try to be someone else :)

I hate em' conformists.

Unknown said...

I had a conversation once with a fellow psych student about how schizophrenics might be the next step to evolution of the human race. We all know that evolution happens by mutation and natural selection. What if schizophrenics see things, hear things, perceive things that "normal" people can't because their brains actually work on a higher level? You know, schizophrenics use more than 3% of their brains. Hmm....

But we're on the topic of freedom, aren't we? You're right, abnormality and/or normality is based on the bell curve, and freedom is probably based on perception.

Anonymous said...

^I think Yee watches/reads too much Science fiction. ^^

To answer your title, insanity is the condition when the INANE person can't tell he's clinically insane.

Yes, i just yanked that answer out of a elephant's asshole.

- Ian