A Girl called Annie

"but you can call me whatever you want..."

January 26, 2005

What do you consider "insane?"

こはく said...: Sanity is relative. What if all the people we consider to be "Insane" actually have a grip on "reality" and were the ones living an illusion. Insane for me, is a man who asks a woman what her age is. A man who asks a woman, "what's wrong?" and she says "nothing"...and he believes her. Insane is a man who tells a woman she's gained some weight.; 10:36 AM
Sarah and Bryan said...: Hmmmm, what do I consider "insane". Let's see....ohhh I know, how about this; women who spend all their time, energy and money getting a post secondary education and then just get married and don't do anything with their degree. I think that's insane!!!!

- Momes; 2:33 PM
Peter Thurley said...: i wonder if to be insane means merely to be in the state of sanity?

in...sane...

haha

I think the question ought to be phrased.. what is sanity? In the same way as normalcy is suspect, is sanity suspect?; 12:03 AM
Annie said...: I think that sanity can also be understood as how "well" a person "conforms" to the social norms of their society. So yeah, I also think that sanity can be relative from one society to the next, however, like our previous discussion on ethical relativism, I still believe that there is a more general underlying definition of sanity out there that applies to every individual...perhaps it is what you mentioned Ramsey (i.e., being mentally disordered).; 2:48 PM