...this is why i love /d/

Thanks for responding. The one key note I picked up from your explanation is the fact that your definitions of insane and crazy seem to just center on the idea of rationality. Insane people attempt to rationalize their actions while crazy people don't even bother.

However, normal people do this as well. They love to rationalize their failures, be apathetic about their losses, and move on with their lives. The only difference is perhaps the fact that the actual actions that insane/crazy people commit are considered to be socially taboo in the laws that govern whatever majority rules the territory.

The irony is that insanity/craziness is used to describe a mental condition. However, the main judgment of that mental condition is not the mental condition in and of itself, but the product of the mental condition which is an undesirable product in the eyes of the normal (majority) population. The irony is that a person could be insane/crazy all their life. But as long as they keep on producing desirable products in accordance to the majority of society, they will never be exposed and might even be heralded as King of the Normal People.

I tend to find such "product-related" diagnosis similar to industrial capitalism. And the fact that the mentally insane aren't judged on the basis of being mentally insane/crazy. They're judged on not being efficient members in human society. And because they can't create useful products, they are given such a label.

[color="#cc8899"]To be honest, I could care less if someone is sane/insane/crazy/demented. I personally hold the belief that "sanity" is only defined as adherence to social norms, which most people deviate from at least at some point or on some principle anyway. As for rationalizing, yes, "normal" people do this as well, but the fact that their behavior falls within social norms demonstrates that they are still sane, even if their behavior isn't desirable. Undesirable behavior is not necessarily insane, nor is insane behavior necessarily undesirable. For example, many people are beloved for their decidedly silly and non-serious behavior, despite most of society, especially the workforce, being very rigid and serious.

To note,
Insanity =/= bad or undesirable, but can be related. Same applies to crazy, etc. While insane people tend to exhibit similar base behaviors to sane people (rationalizing, being logical), the logic is skewed in an abnormal way, whereas "sane" people do make mistakes and justify them, but in a "normal" way - one that is understandable and can be related to by most of the other normal people.[/COLOR]