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Two Different Takes on Denial

 
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Ya-ta Boy



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994

PostPosted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 2:29 pm    Post subject: Two Different Takes on Denial Reply with quote

What We Don�t Know Will Hurt Us

�I don�t want to pretend that today marks the end of our economic problems,� the president said on Tuesday at the signing ceremony in Denver. He added, hopefully: �But today does mark the beginning of the end.�

Does it?

No one knows, of course, but a bigger question may be whether we really want to know. One of the most persistent cultural tics of the early 21st century is Americans� reluctance to absorb, let alone prepare for, bad news.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/opinion/22rich.html?ref=opinion


A Fish Called Denial
The brilliant New Yorker cover with A-Rod signing autographs for juiced, pumped up young fans started this particular blog train. Where we stop on the way is of course the economy, the stimulus, n� bailout, and then of course ending this weekend at the Hollyweird Station: Oscar-ville.

First stop -- the roids.

I have one thing to ask. What about football? Cycling, tennis, soccer, skiing, swimming, and every professional sport that exists? Are we all really so deluded as to think that baseball is an exclusive club?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jamie-lee-curtis/a-fish-called-denial_b_168817.html
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Ya-ta Boy



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 2:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is one of those 'Have you stopped beating your wife' situations. If you deny you're in denial...

Anyway, it's an interesting proposition. Is denial an American trait? It was curious that two people chose to write about it on the same day. I guess I want to think about it some.
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moosehead



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 6:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ya-ta Boy wrote:
This is one of those 'Have you stopped beating your wife' situations. If you deny you're in denial...

Anyway, it's an interesting proposition. Is denial an American trait? It was curious that two people chose to write about it on the same day. I guess I want to think about it some.


oh please - denial is a self-preservation mechanism for humans, maybe for all life.

how else could the zebra/antelope etc. go on about their lives while their young, siblings, etc. were being eaten alive??

where would life be WITHOUT denial??

THAT is the question.
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Thewhiteyalbum



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Isn't Denial a river in Egypt?






(yeah, i know..it's an old lame one)
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