how can u
>not see that sanity is
>absolutely relative?

i'm asking the same in the opposite direction (diff vector).

maybe we're just harping on semantics too much, my ultimate contension is that there are some people who are unable to deal with what we call reality and because of that are not functional in any setting. point blank period.

sure "sanity" and "rationality" vary from place to place, culture to culture, but the phenomenon of being a complete outcast, displaced from society and being unable to function within the context that you were created is not uncommon.

and what are these places that you're talking about? these disperate realities that would deem "craziness" obsolete? the world is not as meticulously divided as you may think (or maybe i'm reading you wrong), there are universal quotients that are common to most, if not all, cultures.

question-do you think it's possible for anyone to be "off kilter?" if not, what does schizophrenic mean to you? <---chosen arbitrarily

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