Cool! I look forward to your perspective on it. I have shared it with some friends and it provokes a lot of thought.
--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Curtis, > OK, found a good deal from Amazon, so it should be on its way tomorrow. > > On Aug 6, 2006, at 4:31 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: > > > Hey Sal, > > > > It is in all the libraries around here. It is both chilling and > > comforting. It explains a lot. I think 1 in 100 have diabetes, and > > we all know someone with that. Here we have 1 in 25, so that pretty > > much means this is a condition for a few people we know. > > Probably more than a few, since most of us know at least several > thousand at any given time, right? Not well, of course, but as > acquaintances. > > > The case histories in the book make you think about your past and > > people pop up as functioning differently in this odd way. I had > > always thought of > > it as a condition like Ted Bundy had or something, the criminals. But > > they represent just a tiny fraction of the functioning sociopaths. > > The rest are going about their everyday business like the rest of us, > > but without the conscience that binds the rest of us in society. > > Yep, most lead ordinary lives, as the title implies. There is so much > mythology out there about this condition and the assumption that you > have to be a serious weirdo in order to have it. But all it takes, > from the sound of it, is the ability, so to speak, to not feel anything > after hurting someone else. I agree with the author, I think it's very > prevalent, and I think our callous society encourages it and encourages > the people who have it to hide it. > > > Some are dumb, some are smart, just like everyone else. But they are > > Martians inside and interacting with them always has a peculiar > > mind-fuck quality. You will love the book since you seem to share my > > fascination with people's psychologies. I look forward to hearing you > > take on it when you do! > > Thanks! This has been a good summer for reading. > Sal > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
