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"ADD and all that crap"

I dislike this new scientist fad of inventing a condition for every child or adolescent who isn't well behaved.

"My child isn't thick, he's got attention defacit disorder"

"My child isn't violent, he's got misanthropitis"

"My child didn't punch little Timmy in the face and fist his tight tight ass on purpose, he's dyslexic!"

It's silly.

Thick and stupid kids will continue to be thick, just under a different name. No matter how many mood repressors or gold-stars for not starting fires you give them, they're still going to be uncontrollable and eventually work in a car wash somewhere in Portsmouth.

My theory is we should take all the safety labels off things and let the stupid ones wipe themselves out.

Or maybe you got the analogy idea from Tim's post.

And no, not everyone is an idiot to me, only the idiots. If I sounded harsh, it's probably because I misunderstood and took it as a comparison, which slightly offended me.

Bullett wrote:
> Lord Funk wrote:
> ADD is actually a condition in many cases, saying it isn't is like
> saying Downsyndrome is just kids trying to skive a few days off
> school.
>
>
> Yeah, you can really compare ADD to Downs Syndrome.
>
> you idiot.

(Kept my post to keep context) Why does everyone have to be so damned aggressive nowadays.

Everyone's an idiot in your mind, I won't point out that it was an analogy rather than a comparison, the word 'like' was a clue

Timmargh wrote :

>He's not, he's using it as an analogy.

He got the right idea

down wrote:
> Lord Funk wrote:
> Deficet


Not the only person to get it wrong though in this thread

D E F I C I T

not

DEFACIT

not

DEFICET

Lord Funk wrote:
> Deficet
> Dyselxia


I'm not sure whether to laugh or not...

The thing is,
problems have causes.

Okay the kids in question may be little a**holes, but they're still only kids, the products of genes and environment.

I don't know that much about the technical side of attention defecit disorder, but it is rooted in a genuine physical malfunction of the brain/hormone system, right? (Not just the kid having weak values).

So if you can tackle the problem, give that kid, and all the people he comes into contact with, a better life, why wouldn't you?


You can largely extend the same principles of cause and cure to psychological problems too (although the diagnosis of a 'defect' is less cut and dry). And again, if you can tackle it and give everyone involved a better life, why not?


Obviously when people use it as an excuse it's pretty poor form, but as an approach to solving a problem, why not?

He's not, he's using it as an analogy.

Lord Funk wrote:
> ADD is actually a condition in many cases, saying it isn't is like
> saying Downsyndrome is just kids trying to skive a few days off
> school.


Yeah, you can really compare ADD to Downs Syndrome.

you idiot.

My mum thought I was hyperactive when I was younger.

I just do what I want to do.

Paradox: wrote:
> the 4 humours was a little more Ancient Greek than 1700s mate :-)

Perhaps more than <300 (500 then), but [URL]http://www.intermaggie.com/med/humors.php[/URL]

:D

Pandaemonium wrote:

> Now I'm playing devils advocate here, but could it not be that we're
> just getting a far better understanding of problems people suffer
> from? Hell, less than 300 years ago people were still being bleeded
> and told their humors weren't in balance.

the 4 humours was a little more Ancient Greek than 1700s mate :-)