Schizotypal

Guess what? It might not bad to be schizotypal? Not schizophrenic, schizotypal (people who behave oddly but are not schizophrenic or mentally ill). It's because those schizotypal folks have their brains wired more for creativity than the normal ones.
A new study published in Schizophrenic Research (NO! I am not schizophrenic because I am reporting on that journal) shows that people with schizotypol personalities rely more on the right side of the brain (the creative part) than does the general population. The subjects study were given creative tasks (like creating new uses for an eraser) and the schizotypol segment that was studied accessed the right side of the brain far more than others.
So schizotypes may be better at accessing both halves of their brain, allowing them to make new associations and think creatively faster than the average person. This increased creativity level also applied to those studied who were classified as mentally ill. I have no idea why this knowledge is useful to us. Obviously, it is far worse to be mentally ill or schizotypol, given the many problems those two conditions cause.
But perhaps it means that those who are schizophrenic or schizotypol should be steered to creative occupations and interests. But don't we know that already? Those who are "not normal" obviously have more difficulty conforming to normal tasks. I suppose you are wondering , "What group is Jim in? He sure acts schizophrenic." I refuse to answer that speculation....
A Woodland, Washington woman, Lori Heasley, may not be schizophrenic, but she is a pain in the butt. You see, Lori was booted off a Southwest Air jet the other day for wearing a T Shirt that bore an expletive and images of George Bush, Vice President Dick Chaney and Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice. While I am in agreement with Lori about those 3 being stinkers, Lori says she will file a civil rights complaint against the airline because the airline crew told Lori to either cover the T-shirt, wear it inside out or get off the plane before it departed. Lori and her husband did leave the plane.
Thus, does an airline violate a person's rights because it wants a dress code for the passengers? Lori says "yes". "I have cousins in Iraq and other relatives going to war, " she told the Reno Gazette newspaper after her plane landed. "Here we are trying to free another country and I have to get of an airplane...over a T-shirt. That's not freedom." But Southwest says it has rules that allow the airline to deny boarding to any passenger whose clothing is "lewd, obscene or patently offensive". And that it is not a violation of Lorie's rights to expect conformity with public decency.
What do you think? Was the airline right or wrong? I believe it was right to enforce it's policy....but on the other hand I sure would like to see that Bush and the rest get to see that shirt. It expresses my view about them too.