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!3EbbCM6G/M 09/23/11(Fri)12:57 No.7880814>>7880647
An
"above-normal" is somebody who realises that the standards on which
society operates (including the moral and political conventions of
society, the rites and rituals that a person is typically expected to
obey) are not given and are in actuality without inherent meaning or
value.
Knowing this, an above-normal then sets out to construct
an identity and lifestyle based not on the observance of received,
meaningless principles, but on their own standards and set of values.
An
above-normal will form political alliances based not on the strict
observance of party-lines, but on pragmatism and the pursuit of
particular material or moral goals. An above-normal will socialise only
in as far as socialising will serve their set of core principles. An
above-normal will never feel the need to socialise out of obligation,
the desire to "fit in" or to "make new friends" for its own sake.
An
above-normal will generally have an ideal, whether moral or personal,
which will guide their actions, informed by rationality, reason and a
desire to live life by their own standards of beauty and meaning.
In short, where the normal is unconscious and acquiescent, the above-normal is conscious and intractable. |
