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igotthisguitar
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| Censorship wears many "civil" masks. |
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twg
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| Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:00 am Post subject: |
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| So does paranoia |
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igotthisguitar
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| Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:57 am Post subject: |
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| twg wrote: |
| So does paranoia |
Speaking of paranoid ...
Do you know the word's actual meaning?
Para-NOUS ...  |
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twg
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| Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:48 am Post subject: |
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Yes I do.
Thankfully from an outsider's view of it. |
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igotthisguitar
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| Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:19 am Post subject: |
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Explain then ...
para-NOUS ( it's Greek ) |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Isn't paranoia just a conspiracy fabricated by the medical/pharmaceutical industry? |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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| caniff wrote: |
| Isn't paranoia just a conspiracy fabricated by the medical/pharmaceutical industry? |
Well, as well all know, they certainly profit from drugging "paranoids".
Fewer paranoids = less profit
In the original Greek, παράνοια (paranoia) simply means (para = outside; nous = mind)
e.g. He was "beside himself" ...
In Sanskrit the prefix PARA ( e.g. PARA-mita ) refers to a sense of having gone beyond, of having "crossed the threshold" of ... something.
Truth be told, this has quite a positive spiritual meaning.
Then there's words like PARA-dox, PARA-llel, PARA-digm etc
Just because one is paranoid doesn't mean they are wrong, or don't have good reason for being so.
Perhaps too many of us are lulled into a false sense of security.
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Does the word "paranoid" have an antonym? In other words, can there be a one-word opposite of paranoid?
My guess is no since it's a "defined clinical state"; however since it's used casually, has an antonym evolved? |
This reminds me, is anyone familiar with PLATO's Allegory Of the Cave?
http://www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com/ |
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bacasper
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| Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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| caniff wrote: |
| Isn't paranoia just a conspiracy fabricated by the medical/pharmaceutical industry? |
Paranoia is merely wishful thinking when they are really out to get you. |
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Manner of Speaking
Joined: 09 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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| twg wrote: |
| So does paranoia |
twg,
Awesome. You rock.  |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Manner of Speaking wrote: |
| twg wrote: |
| So does paranoia |
twg,
Awesome. You rock. |
And you sizzle, MOS. What a dreadful avatar! |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Speaking of "civility," his avatar shows a dead tabloid journalist who provoked a serial killer and paid for it with his lips. And I bet he never imagined someone else knew from whence his avatars came... |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Gopher wrote: |
| Speaking of "civility," his avatar shows a dead tabloid journalist who provoked a serial killer and paid for it with his lips. And I bet he never imagined someone else knew from whence his avatars came... |
I've seen that film. |
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regicide
Joined: 01 Sep 2006
Location: United States
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| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:47 am Post subject: |
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| Big_Bird wrote: |
| Manner of Speaking wrote: |
| twg wrote: |
| So does paranoia |
twg,
Awesome. You rock. |
And you sizzle, MOS. What a dreadful avatar! |
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Based on the following scale Regi, how happy would you be if Obama got shot?
1> Semi-erect.
2> Erect.
3> Humping your homemade JFK head model in the exit wound.
People need to know. |
Inquiring people need to know. |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:14 am Post subject: |
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Based on the following scale Regi, how happy would you be if Obama got shot?
1> Semi-erect.
2> Erect.
3> Humping your homemade JFK head model in the exit wound.
People need to know. |
Inquiring people need to know. |
That's likely one of the furthest things from civil i could possibly imagine.
Utterly mind-boggling meaness. |
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Manner of Speaking wrote: |
| twg wrote: |
| So does paranoia |
twg,
Awesome. You rock. |
I do that occasionally. |
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