> I started
>that particular coping mechanism when I started reading about Zen Buddhism,
>and later Marcus Aurelius. I just get tired of everyone bemoaning about
>how *horrible* everything is; there's no justice, etc. etc. People just
>need to get over it.
Mark--You have called people with problems coping with society "basketcases",
yet you appear to be stuck in the same type of resignation. By saying that
people who complain that "there is no justice" should "get over it", you imply
that people should just passively accept the world the way it is. You are giving
up, just like people in mental hospitals. What appears to be "thick skin" might
really be mental laziness. You seem to have swallowed bad memes of a 'Stoic'
flavor. Did Marcus Aurelius do the Romans any good? -David