Odd People

[H2O Man]

26. I understand, and do not disagree with you.

It is a combination of tree/forest, and anopiaprotanopia/ deuteranopia. Is that not exactly the forest of which he speaks? Your experience in court results in your viewing the film one way. Those who are in the field of law enforcement another. Those in the field of mental health, yet another. Garland would perhaps focus on McVeigh's buddy.

There is a line in a book about my late uncle, a legendary investigator. Back in his day, he did trainings for the FBI and CIA. Not for ALL of the FBI and CIA, of course. But for those with the capacity and need to see the topics he spoke of. The single line that comes to mind was his saying, "Patience is not one of my virtues." Taken out of context, it has one meaning. In context, he was impatient with those under him that were impatient for immediate answers.

He knew that the best investigators have to be patient, and always keep an open mind. There are risks involved when one views part of a whole exclusively in the context of themselves. Their education and experience. For that is a form of blindness.

The people most commonly considered as "sov cits" are merely those most easily identified. But, as the speaker in the film so accurately identifies, they are merely part of a much larger social reality -- those who are "reality-blind." Now, obviously a psychiatrist will have some common ground with a prosecutor or defense attorney when doing a court evaluation. But s/he will also have other very different views on them. Just as Garland had a ifferent view than a cop who pulls over a jackass who is certain that he is traveling, not driving. The difference being that fellow does not have a reality-based opinion on what defines driving.