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Show a little human decency

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the_scotsman:
@Tbones: I love your profile picture, by the way. Seems a strange contrast to your apparent philosophy on life, which I won't challenge here, but I have to say I disagree. If human beings were incapable of decency then we wouldn't have invented a word for it.

@Ettore: If you're being sarcastic, then what's wrong with Artaud? Seemed like a pretty good reference given the topic of conversation. You brought up Brecht, it seemed appropriate to bring out the other end of the spectrum. If not, then... um. I've never before met a woman aroused by the referencing of dead mustachioed men. Maybe sometime we should have a discussion on the finer points of theatrical and literary theory. God, I never thought I'd say that and it'd sound like a come on. It's not, I assure you.

As to everyone else, I'm really enjoying this thread. I'll admit I started out as kind of a whiny bitch there, but this has gotten really interesting and deep. I'd like to hear a little more from someone on the "have common sense, they're not real!" side of the spectrum, and their feelings on literary catharsis and empathy in general. Do you think stories are only meant to be told to convey a moral, or tell a tale? Never to create compelling characters that the reader can draw connections to his or her own life and feel empathy for? You've really never experienced this?

disaacs:

--- Quote from: peterh on 18 Nov 2010, 10:30 ---I think it's safe to say that this is not a case of YDDWIWA, but rather ICBWIWMTB (I Can't Be What I Want Me To Be) on Dora's part.

--- End quote ---

The irony is that it was Faye's ICBWIWMTB problem that led to Dora and Marten hooking up in the first place.

The double irony is that Faye has actually been moving forward with her life and slowly getting past her ICBWIWMTB syndrome. Dora on the other hand, wouldn't even admit she has a ICBWIWMTB problem until very recently.

Carl-E:
In fact, that seems to be the only (OK, one of the very few) positive notes of this breakup.  Dora now acknowledges she has a problem. 

Meybe she's known it for a long time, though.  She always was trying to tell Marten that she's got insecurity issues, but I don't think they'd ever led to self sabotage like this before.  Now she has an idea of just how bad it is, and maybe she'll grow some.  She really has been one of the more static characters in the strip. 

And I can't get any f*cking work done. 

[sigh]

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