IRC-Galleria

I wonder if the basic needs of all social human beings can be altered.... or even destroyed. Most people feel the need to touch and be touched. What if we could remove this need? What if we could take another step toward self reliance? I have an idea to this. If we cut off an individual´s index finger and make absolutely clear that if he/she touches anyone, another finger will be lost. This might actually work. As all people on some level look out for number one, they will eventually start to value their fingers more than their need to touch. It is better to live in a world where one possible source of happiness is simply non-existant, than to live in one where the source of joy is *there* but is still mostly unreachable. If it is non-existant, people will not miss it since they don´t know what it is they should be missing. This would be the result if we use the finger-cutting technique for a few generations. The destroyable subject will be surrounded by a complete circle of silence.

This rule would of course not apply on members of your own family. Or people you consider as a part of your family or as your children.