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In my old job here I talked on the phone all day to Americans.. From coast to coast. My favorite was when I was talking to an American near Canadian thanksgiving. He was shocked we had a different day for thanksgiving then proceeded to ask why we needed a thanksgiving (he told me.. we never had indians to "rile" with, why have a thanksgiving?).. then just as I was finishing the call he asked me, seriously.. when our Christmas was...
*sigh*
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"Life is possible only with illusions. And so, the question for the science of mental health must become an absolutely new and revolutionary one, yet one that reflects the essence of the human condition: On what level of illusion does one live?"
-- Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
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