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Old Oct 13, 2011, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by TheByzantine View Post
I have thought a lot about my existence and believe "normal" is a term used to control people and otherwise has no meaning.
Why would someone need to control people? Think about it (please). If it is a need, a compulsion, is that person free, is that person someone we should admire, worship even? Someone whom we should let concern us so much? If we do let it, what is that telling us about ourselves?
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