Posted by Oddzilla on June 30, 2000, at 9:13:58
In reply to Questions about Kosinski, posted by Cass on June 29, 2000, at 14:57:56
> I think Ted Kosinski had strong principles and ideals which vary greatly from the mall culture in which we live. Maybe there was nothing wrong with him at all. Maybe he is one of the few sane people, a person who has the courage of his convictions
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Hi Cass I think you raise a good point. This is a quote from the interview with Theodore Roszak at the adbusters link dj posted:Psychology, especially in its therapeutic form, has a treacherous function: namely, it convinces people that their happiness – their sanity, their personal fulfillment – is limited to their social relations. It’s almost an act of censorship. If you do psychology in an industrial society, the one thing you need most to hide or suppress is the damage we do to the natural environment. If you took that seriously as factor in personal sanity, you would probably have to call off industrial progress
I thought this really fit Kosinski. Just because someone is socially inept doesn't make him crazy. Just because someone is a criminal or a murderer doesn't make him crazy. Just because someone is fighting industrial progress doesn't make him crazy. Just because someone is miserable and unemployed and unhappy (gasp!!) doesn't make him crazy.
Anyway them's my reactions of the moment. (Of course we should probably just ignore this ecopsychologist Roszak guy-he sounds a LOT like BBob to me. Another alias no doubt ;-)
Best wishes O.
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