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2008-11-13 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by anonymous5089 2008-11-13 05:20|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Traumatic events can make people more vulnerable to having paranoid thoughts. Since the attacks, Penn said Americans have been conditioned to be more vigilant of anything out of the ordinary.

With the possible exception of presidential elections.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-11-13 05:32|| 2008-11-13 05:32|| Front Page Top

#2 "Penn said it can also lead to false accusations and an atmosphere where strangers are negatively viewed."

You mean the way the education industry views devout Christians?

Posted by no mo uro 2008-11-13 05:51|| 2008-11-13 05:51|| Front Page Top

#3 It's good to be looking around and see who's following you

Not many I'm afraid. I'm a Republican.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-11-13 05:59|| 2008-11-13 05:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-11-13 07:18|| 2008-11-13 07:18|| Front Page Top

#5 unfounded fear that others are trying to hurt you

So is paranoia up by a factor of three - or are there three times as many people out there trying to hurt others? It's not paranoia if they really ARE out to get you.

Posted by Glenmore 2008-11-13 09:12|| 2008-11-13 09:12|| Front Page Top

#6 Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep.

Bwahahahaha!

Posted by Alaska Paul 2008-11-13 10:13|| 2008-11-13 10:13|| Front Page Top

#7 Anyway, I'm not a paranoid, I'm a bigot, let's be clear on that, let's stay focused, people.

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-11-13 10:40|| 2008-11-13 10:40|| Front Page Top

#8 It's not paranoia if they're really out to get ya.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2008-11-13 12:09|| 2008-11-13 12:09|| Front Page Top

#9 A) London is an increasingly non-homogeneous society. Of *course* trust levels will decrease - one of the benefits of social homogeneity is higher levels of implicit social trust.

B) London is an increasingly more dangerous environment, what with actual, living, breathing terrorists wandering about under 'surveillance'. Paranoia is a rational response to changing conditions.

C) The authorities have stripped the populace of their means of self-defense, and poisoned the civil wells from which social trust is periodically refreshed. If all trust and authority is delegated to the government, and it becomes increasingly clear that the government doesn't have your best interests at heart, a raging case of squint-eyed paranoia is an increasingly necessary tool for survival. After all, if it's in the government's best interest that you die quickly so as to not burden public health service, and not defend yourself against chavs and 'yoots', then your stringy ass is all alone in the New Britain.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2008-11-13 12:48|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2008-11-13 12:48|| Front Page Top

#10 I was afraid of this...

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-11-13 12:49|| 2008-11-13 12:49|| Front Page Top

#11 The VOICES told me I wasn't alone.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839">AlmostAnonymous5839 2008-11-13 14:21|| 2008-11-13 14:21|| Front Page Top

#12 Another factor beyond being told that dangerous things aren't dangerous and pay no mind and give up your right to self-defence is that sometimes the media exagerates the threat of fairly mild things.

If the facts are mailable how can we blame people for not trusting anything.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-11-13 15:35|| 2008-11-13 15:35|| Front Page Top

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