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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.
"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.
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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 :-)
> 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 :-)
Paradox: wrote:
> 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.
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. Possibly a bile imbalance being the problem. Now it's cancer, cirosis and any number of other charming diseases.
Why not with psycological problems?
Of course, trolley rage, road rage, air rage and all that crap is, well, that. Crap. It's impatience.
> 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.
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. Possibly a bile imbalance being the problem. Now it's cancer, cirosis and any number of other charming diseases.
Why not with psycological problems?
Of course, trolley rage, road rage, air rage and all that crap is, well, that. Crap. It's impatience.
TIMMARGH!!!!
Well someone who truly has a mental illness shouldn't be able to control their acts (in theory) and so they're let off because it couldn't possible be there fault
Whereas druggies are stoned when they rob stores so it couldn't be their fault, but that little 'he can't help it' doesn't seem to work outside the mentally ill category.
People are too easily labelled 'mentally ill' and stuffed into a loony bin nowadays, I blame gays
Whereas druggies are stoned when they rob stores so it couldn't be their fault, but that little 'he can't help it' doesn't seem to work outside the mentally ill category.
People are too easily labelled 'mentally ill' and stuffed into a loony bin nowadays, I blame gays
But I don't see why ill people should be let off so easily. Attacks from somebody with a mental illness hurt just as much as attacks from anybody else.
Of course it's an actual thing, it's just over-used and it shouldn't be in a medical context.
It's like brusing your finger and getting a cast put on your whole arm and morphine injections.
It's like brusing your finger and getting a cast put on your whole arm and morphine injections.
I was thinking about this just today. There's a right git at my school that everyone hates due to him being violent, annoying, possibly even evil, but hardly anybody says anything because he has ADD. I don't really understand the difference between a 'bad' child and an 'ill' child. There's a very thin line but which side you're on makes a big difference to how others act.
Attention Deficet Disorder
I've always wanted a reason to post that, well actually I haven't
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.
ADD is too commonly used as 'my kid's not clever - he must have ADD' and doctors seem to diagnose the condition with a glance.
Dyslexia used to be like this where every parent whose kid had spelling problems obviously had Dyselxia
ADD is still a condition, but only the severest of forms
I've always wanted a reason to post that, well actually I haven't
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.
ADD is too commonly used as 'my kid's not clever - he must have ADD' and doctors seem to diagnose the condition with a glance.
Dyslexia used to be like this where every parent whose kid had spelling problems obviously had Dyselxia
ADD is still a condition, but only the severest of forms
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.
"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.
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