Dec 27 2008
A Whole New Meaning to Feeling “Blue”
If you ever thought you were feeling a little blue after a bad day, how about being blue everyday?
That’s just the way it is for Paul Karason. . .
He wasn’t always “blue” though. . .
As Karason tells it, it all started when he began to take colloidal silver, which is essentially suspended silver in liquid form. Silver has been known to having healing properties for a very long time, but new medicines have proven more effective. The silver in this liquid is actually what caused Karason to turn blue. Needless to say, its the last side-effect he expect to suffer from.
Nowadays, Paul faces a life like that of a carnival clown. . .not because he wants to, but because people treat him differently, stare, or make snide remarks or faces. The condition, called argyria, is irreversible, at least to the current state of medicine. Karason has managed to deal with societal rejection. In fact, he admits that he’s used to people gawking at him, but that doesn’t mean he enjoys it.
Certainly Paul’s case is a rare one, but it really brings out the issue of whether or not people can truly accept another person regardless of skin color - in this case blue.
Regardless, the next time you are feeling “blue”, you’ll probably end up thinking twice about how you express your feelings! (By the way, it is an interesting phenomena how we use colors to express human feelings - green with jealously, red with anger/passion, yellow with fear, etc.)
The real question this brings up is whether or not this wussified society will ever stop requiring everyone to accept everything or risk being called racist, intolerant, etc. There is such a thing as “normal” in the world. Things that are not “normal” draw reactions.
If you drank silver and turned yourself blue, you get to live with people’s reactions.
By the way, even people who might make a face or laugh AT FIRST probably would have no trouble “accepting” him once they got to know him. Acceptance and showing no reaction whatsoever are not the same things.
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Wow, that’s bizarre. I do feel for the guy though, I doubt anyone gives him a fair chance at first glance. Good post,
Cheers
I saw this guy on Oprah with Dr. Oz. I felt so bad for him but he didn’t seem to mind at all.
You make a good point csc5502. . . Everyone will react to a certain degree because its not usual for people to see someone who is blue. It is of course, what they do with that initial reaction (and not just towards this particular person) that is important. Being aware of one’s facial expressions and certainly controlling one’s words are a place to start. . .But to say that him being blue will go unnoticed will most likely not happen, but how we treat others moving forward is the key.