Reboot to the head
Donna B. finds a painfully-apt metaphor for the politics of today:
A closed head injury is one of the most bizarre things one can experience.
So … maybe — since our politics have certainly become bizarre, maybe our society has suffered a closed head injury — that being defined as an injury that does not allow the inflammation and excess blood to escape, thus it kills vital cells.
Perhaps we might learn from the emblematic symptoms of closed head injuries: first is a skewing of personality. When one awakens from a head injury, things do not align the way they once did.
This — emphatically — does not mean they do not align in a logical manner, just that they do not align with what society™ … deems proper.
The scary part is that in the absence of external evidence — there’s no visible bleeding or swelling — the damage may go unnoticed for surprisingly long periods of time.
Is it possible to restore the original alignment? Maybe, maybe not. If there’s one thing medical science has learned about the brain and its container, it’s how little is known about the brain and its container.
Donna B. »
17 November 2009 · 2:06 pm
Thanks for the link! And… I’d say it’s not possible to restore the original alignment, but that rewiring and rerouting can make some big steps toward something one can live with.
fillyjonk »
17 November 2009 · 3:11 pm
I guess the old cartoon remedy of a second whack to the head doesn’t work…
Jeffro »
17 November 2009 · 9:13 pm
I have to ask if the proverbial head is even visible for checking injuries – you’d think it would be fairly well protected where the sun don’t shine.
Donna B. »
18 November 2009 · 12:36 am
You’ve got a point there, Jeffro.