Come off it Grimer, why do you use such labels reserved for the worst in society for the best? It all starts from an early age: nerd, misfit, weirdo, wanker, perv, psycho, tax avoider, self-centred, anti-socialist on an on.
It's enough to put anyone off excelling which is what happens in low class communities. It's a form of fascism, lowest common denominator. They drag everything down, now it's the under achieving middle class educated beyond their ability doing it. F..k socialism, f. psychology, f. pshycobable. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Grimer Sent: 21 September 2005 20:35 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: "Suppression In Science" by Rochus Boerner I thought this was rather interesting light on the relationship between supporters of *heresies*, such as CF, and the mainstream scientific establishment. =============================================== Resentment against the informer and secret agent is not only a matter of historical memory. Any organized society is intolerant of those who set themselves apart from the prevailing norms. Any group's major rewards are reserved for those who most wholeheartedly accept and most vigorously personify the group's ideals. Psychologists, sociologists and philosophers have abundantly remarked the similarity between the position of the artist and that of the criminal in any society. What the two have in common is the fact that they set themselves apart from society; they are by nature sceptical of its ideals, of its morals and interests; they arrogate to themselves the right to reject the established code and to live by their own. It is human nature to resent such independence, even arrogance. This resentment is the price the artist pays for the independent point of view which nourishes his art; punishment, the active expression of this resentment, is the price the criminal pays for his attempt to achieve the society's aims by asocial means. =============================================== Cheers, Frank Grimer
