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WCDT strips 3676 to 3680 (12th to 16th February 2018)
Morituri:
I'm not expecting Marigold to go off; I'm expecting her to suffer and be afraid and not have any idea that there's a way to express her feelings without losing Dale, and turn it inward on herself until her guts are twisted around and she starts getting sick all the time. She's not in a place that's confident enough for an angry outburst, or even for cutting sarcasm.
Case:
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 16 Feb 2018, 07:51 ---
--- Quote from: traroth on 16 Feb 2018, 07:02 ---I disagree. Not everybody goes this far in that matter. Some people actually believe denials.
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There's a ideal in law called "The Reasonable Person" focusing on how a typical person, with ordinary prudence, would act in certain circumstances.
Marigold in this instance is not a "reasonable person".
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Not objecting to your characterization of Marigold (I think it's spot on) - just wanted to add that our capitalist/market economy/enter favouritetermhere societies put significant resources into ensuring that most women (and not a few men) feel precisely that way about themselves, their bodies, their behaviour, the degree of happiness/contentness. What better way to ensure there's demand for your product than by creating it? What easier way to create demand than by telling people they are deficient?
Yes, it is most definitely unreasonable, sometimes bordering on pathological even - but it's sadly also normal.
Zebediah:
I’m hoping there’s a “Momo to the rescue” component to this story, because Momo is the one person who can tell Marigold what an idiot she’s being. (Well, May could and would do that too, but Momo is the one she would listen to.)
Is it cold in here?:
So this started with someone suggesting Emily needs help.
She apparently didn't have friends before "We've adopted another one". Major impairment compared to baseline, and social isolation causes organic problems in the long run. That points one way.
Her employer, her friends, and everyone we've seen her dating do not seem concerned. That points the other way.
Case, would it help if I rephrased it as "not all weird people need help"? 'Cause that is what I'm trying to say. Emily is certainly weird. That's not by itself enough data to show mental illness.
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: Case on 16 Feb 2018, 10:47 ---
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 16 Feb 2018, 07:51 ---
--- Quote from: traroth on 16 Feb 2018, 07:02 ---I disagree. Not everybody goes this far in that matter. Some people actually believe denials.
--- End quote ---
There's a ideal in law called "The Reasonable Person" focusing on how a typical person, with ordinary prudence, would act in certain circumstances.
Marigold in this instance is not a "reasonable person".
--- End quote ---
Not objecting to your characterization of Marigold (I think it's spot on) - just wanted to add that our capitalist/market economy/enter favouritetermhere societies put significant resources into ensuring that most women (and not a few men) feel precisely that way about themselves, their bodies, their behaviour, the degree of happiness/contentness. What better way to ensure there's demand for your product than by creating it? What easier way to create demand than by telling people they are deficient?
Yes, it is most definitely unreasonable, sometimes bordering on pathological even - but it's sadly also normal.
--- End quote ---
The "Reasonable Person" is the legal concept for the everyman; someone who obeys the law, tries to do the right thing. So for example the "Reasonable Person" is someone who doesn't text while driving, they aren't careless. Essentially, its the idea of how the law would like everyone to act.
What I was saying was in response to Traroth's comment that not everyone would act like Marigold, but the point is that Marigold isn't everyone.
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