Yes. Being psychotic seems to be the highest virtue there. My own
observations on their mentality is that if you point out to many of them the
dire situations around them and that they should handle them, you become a
target for persecution and alienation. Their attitudes could be summed up as:
"Going down the tubes is the right thing to do and you stay out of our way."
Smitty
On Thursday 14 June 2001 18:44, you wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 08:35:11PM -0400, Smitty wrote:
> > >Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 15:39:41 -0400
> > >
> > >Subject: The new California
>
> <no snippage, because you gotta read the above _again_>
>
> People have laughed for decades about outrageous things that just
> couldn't possibly ever happen in the United States. No, of course not,
> we have this Constitution thing, and that Bill of Rights deal. 1984? No
> way, not here.
>
> Well, laugh while you can, monkey boy. Recently I've seen more and more
> stories like this from California. America can't become a socialist
> country? Just look at California; they're well on their way. And the
> people of California are just looking the other way.
>
> Maybe Orwell's book should have been titled: "2084".
>
> Paul
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