Posted by schleprock on October 27, 2012, at 19:21:19
In reply to Lou's reply-defamation per se-false ight, posted by Lou Pilder on October 27, 2012, at 17:57:32
I know this is a little pointless since Lou's going to see it, but there's really no other way.
Lou is Don Quixote. He's not going to stop charging (on a white horse?) at windmills that he claims are giants. And when we prove to him that they are only windmills, he's always going to say that an Evil Enchanter (Dr. Bob?) transformed those giants at the last minute. Lou, in perhaps the definitive meaning of madness, will never admit he's crazy. The only way to help him is to play along with his ideas: villify Mr. Hsuing, admit the anti-semitism, listen to his tales of Melvin Chezdeik. There's a terminal point in Lou's mental illness (i.e. the revelation of the truth about mental illness from a Jewish perspective.) It's this that is driving him, and his perceived barriers to communicating these revelations are clearly exacerbating his condition. He's being crushed by this great burden, and perhaps the first step towards helping him is to relieve him of this. I have a strong feeling that once Lou feels comfortable enough to disclose this revelation, we might get a great deal of insight into his condition from its contents. It looks a lot like Lou's been going in circles for the past couple of years, and has literally been "doing the same thing and expecting different results." I think we have a very clear opportunity here to help Lou finally move on to some begin spending his time more beneficially.
So where do we begin?
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