Eccentric or mad?

hi nanna....with the rich more is tolerated because of money. being title doesn't hurt either. it probably means more over in europe. but other places money itself give the prestige.

And your excuse is?

If this posts twice, my apologies, it kept going to page not found when I'd try and post. Hmmmmmmm, that's a good question lol. I think either word is just a tag that people put on somebody who doesn't do things the way that most people do. ie: if you don't follow the same way of thinking that everybody else does, then 'they must be mad...or eccentric.' People like to judge people all the time, and if they're not just like the vast majority, well, then something MUST be wrong with them! I rather think of it as beating to a different drum...if somebody does something different that doesn't mean it's bad. Um, lets see (thought NOT English)...Howard Hughs, he was eccentric, a genius, and also probably borderline 'mad.' Benjamin Franklin and a lot of inventors back then: I'm sure they were eccentric, but the people of his day probably considered them 'mad' simply because they weren't afraid to follow the paths of the 'normal person'. A lot of wonderful discoveries in science, etc, came about because of people who followed the beat of their own drum and other people considered them eccentric or mad. When I think of someone who's 'mad' I think of those who have neurosis that are far past the casual. Howie Mandel has a problem with germs, and Howard Hughs had them to the extreme (where he became 'mad.) While Howie isn't mad, Hughs became that way and then became a hermit and a slave to his neurosis. I'm not sure, but I don't believe money really has anything to do with it, the monied probably are just in a higher profile because of their money, so people are even more prone to judge. (That's what I think 'n I'm stickin' to it lol)

I am actually mad, as I don't have enough money to be classed as eccentric, the reason I'm apparently mad is that I really do believe that I'm possibly a fish. I think if someone has enough money, they can get away with practically anything.

I was alwasy taught that eccentric was for rich ppl and crazy was for poor ppl or not so rich ppl. I always thought that was funny...someone like a Kennedy, Queen Elizabeth or the Pope would be labeled as "they've become eccentric" while someone like Britney Spears, a local preacher or the guy who tossed his kids off a bridge would be labeled as " they just went freakin' nuts...their crazy!!" It seems the more popular, rich and important you are the more your just eccentric everybody else is plain old crazy. As far as I know they both have the same symptoms and results LOL **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~

I don't think title or money necessarily are criteria for being eccentric, but the rich and the titled are much more highly visible, so they get noticed more for their out of the norm behavior, but because of their position may be talked about but not reprimanded in any way. Does that make sense? I think I' need to get off here and do some house work. My posts aren't even making sense to me.