Re: persecuted people -- are they ALL paranoid?

On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:52:03 GMT, Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

In article <1183088524.921188.97280@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
$Zero <zeroisms@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

persecuted people -- are they ALL paranoid?

Gawd.


By definition, I would say that those who actually are persecuted
are not paranoid. In paranoia, as in libel, truth is an absolute
defense.

Is it, though? I mean, a paranoiac might conclude that Joe was out to
get him in the absence of evidence -- but Joe might be out to get him.
Sort of like the stuck clock being right twice a day.

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