No Way, No How

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

It's come to my attention that we now have these mandatory screenings? The health ones I understand, because hey, let's catch those alien parasites before they explode out of people, right? Very sound plan.

The psychological one, though, I'm not sure who I have to talk to about it, so I'm just talking about it here, since I figure they'll see it.

I'm claiming cultural...uh, exemption.

Talking about...things, and feelings, is not really a Viking thing to do. So I'm not doing it. Annnd you can't make me.

Comments

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

Why not? What does everyone else to have to with what goes on in my head? If I do something wrong, Stacy's tentacles will stop me and I can be punished. Or locked up if I'm crazy.

[heretic-witch.livejournal.com]

It's not just you. It's all of us. If someone has a problem that would make them lash out at everyone else for no reason, they should be treated.

And that doesn't always require being locked up.

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

You're talking about this like people are secretly crazy on the inside and like you can predict and prevent them from hurting someone, but people aren't always that easy to predict.

As for "treating" people, the problem is when both your idea of "evaluation" and treatment are more harmful to someone than helpful because they work in a way that doesn't...match what works for them.

Vikings don't dwell. At least Berk Vikings don't dwell. My whole village was able to forgive and live with an enemy that'd plagued us for seven generations. Nobody agonized over the past, nobody obsessed over the trauma of having lost limbs to a dragon and blubbered in their beer to someone about it. Everyone just moved on and let the past go. That's healthy.

Having to talk about it to some stranger when it's gone and done isn't healthy. At least not for me.

Either this is a witch-hunt masquerading as helping people or it's about actually helping people, which means respecting their ways of life back home and individuals wants and needs.

So which is it?

[heretic-witch.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, but maybe I should ask... what year was it for you?

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

[gives year he was from, which his mun can't nail down without consulting castmates but it's probably in the 800 - 900 AD area.]

Why?

[heretic-witch.livejournal.com]

I see.

It's not harmful at all. I don't claim to be an expert, but it's a very exact science. And I don't think there's a high rate of false positives at all.

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

Harmful depends on the person.

[heretic-witch.livejournal.com]

But surely you understand that if one person is given an exception...

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

Anyone else asking for an exception is probably asking because the process makes them uncomfortable and isn't good for them.

I think the real people we'd have to worry about would be the ones that could lie their way through and no one would be the wiser.

[heretic-witch.livejournal.com]

It's not the sort of thing you can lie about, though. Professionals are trained to notice.

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

That's exactly my point. Anyone that's worth worrying about is someone they can't catch at all.

[heretic-witch.livejournal.com]

No, I

Never mind.

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

I'm not budging on this one. Sorry.