http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Pandemic-Disease-of-th-by-Bernard-Starr-110601-361.htmlToday I have the grim task of sounding an alarm about the spread of an illness that is rapidly becoming the pandemic disease of the 21st century. It's always been around but was previously contained by strict societal control mechanisms. With those civilized controls swept aside it's spreading rapidly into every domain of modern life. Until recently it was an annoyance but not a major threat, since it was limited to a small group. But with the social confinement mechanisms disappearing the disease is out of control. Every day it gains momentum and extends its destructive force to an ever growing population.
Sadly, there is no cure. Traditional remedies have failed and no vaccine has emerged to stop it. What makes this disease so dangerous is that sufferers do not feel sick. On the contrary, they believe that their symptoms are actually signs of health and vitality. Many are even proud and self-righteous about their symptoms.
The name of this disease is posterior alimentary canal syndrome (PACS).The chief symptom is that sufferers have their heads so far up the posterior end of their alimentary canals that they are oblivious to the world outside themselves. From their limited perspective they forget that there is a world with other people. They are exclusively absorbed in their own views and needs. As you can see, from the location of their heads at the bottom of the alimentary canal, their view would be narrow.
PACS is related to the philosophy of solipsism -- the belief that only you exist and that you cannot know if anyone else exists. In the most extreme, intractable and incurable cases there is an additional symptom: Sufferers think they are smelling roses.
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