by justdrew » Fri Dec 24, 2010 3:29 am
HE WAS A FREUDIAN. I, ON THE OTHER HAND, AM A GENIUS.
THERE. YOU SEE? I NO LONGER SUPPRESS MY OUTRAGEOUS EGOTISM. NOW, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?
WHETHER OR NOT I'M INSANE.
AH. INSANITY IS A LEGAL TERM, YOU UNDERSTAND. NOT A MEDICAL ONE. IF YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG, THE LAW CONSIDERS YOU SANE. DO YOU KNOW THAT DIFFERENCE?
BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG? WELL, THEY'RE HARDLY CONSTANT FACTORS, DOCTOR. I COULD PROBABLY GIVE YOU FIVE MINUTES ON GOOD AND EVIL.
NOW, THOSE AREN'T LEGAL OR MEDICAL TERMS. GOOD AND EVIL ARE THEOLOGICAL CONCEPTS. THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IN PSYCHIATRY, MR. STILLWELL, IS BEHAVIOR. CAN YOU TELL ME OF ANY BEHAVIOR WHICH MIGHT MAKE YOU DOUBT YOUR RATIONALITY?
WELL, AMONG OTHER THINGS, I WALKED DOWN FOUR FLIGHTS OF STAIRS WHICH WEREN'T THERE.
(LAUGHS) GOOD! MARVELOUS! EH... HAD YOU BEEN DRINKING?
NO.
TAKING DRUGS?
NO.
THEN EITHER THE STAIRS WERE THERE, OR YOU DIDN'T WALK DOWN THEM. YOU SEE MY POINT?
VIVIDLY.
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