Bah. If that were true, then the orphanages and workhouses of the last three centuries wouldn't have been necessary. Or, for that matter, the infant drop-offs for unwanted children during the Renaissance. Even during the most 'religious' centuries of western civilisation, children have been unwanted by god-fearing people, unable or unwilling to take care of their children. God has nothing to do with parenting. Either parents are good at what they do, or they aren't. I was instilled with a believe in God, maybe not -your- God, but God nonetheless and it had little to do with my Mother's liberal, sensible hand in raising me. Get it straight, parents aren't good at what they do because they're lousy parents, not because they didn't drag their children off to listen to some preacher every Sunday or make them say grace before eating their tv dinner.
Nick also once pretended to jerk off in my top hat. That being said, i also firmly believe that he is completely correct. Medication is frightning in it's extreme mind alteration. I do not believe that it should not ever be used, however; if the 'victim' of depression, or other psychological problems, is a competent and functional member of society, non-violent and coherant, why on earth should they be medicated? And on the note concerning Canada, perhaps it is the American style neo-conservative government that 'runs' my province (ontario), but it was put forward that all people with psychological disorders be on an enforced medication programme. I never cease to be amazed and disgusted at what lengths this right-wing government will go to in order to premote control and order. Will they suggest next that those with learning disabilities, such as my own dyslexia, be forced into limiting fields and courses of study? It is my belief that those with problems are often the brightest and most valuable members of a society. But then, is this not a world that will hinder excellence in order to promote the mediocre? I too feel tears when I think about the injustices wrought upon those that cannot help who they are. And yet, the herd is vast, the wool is white... Maya Hirschman (figured if Nick could use his name, i could use mine.)
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Bah. If that were true, then the orphanages and workhouses of the last three centuries wouldn't have been necessary. Or, for that matter, the infant drop-offs for unwanted children during the Renaissance. Even during the most 'religious' centuries of western civilisation, children have been unwanted by god-fearing people, unable or unwilling to take care of their children. God has nothing to do with parenting. Either parents are good at what they do, or they aren't. I was instilled with a believe in God, maybe not -your- God, but God nonetheless and it had little to do with my Mother's liberal, sensible hand in raising me. Get it straight, parents aren't good at what they do because they're lousy parents, not because they didn't drag their children off to listen to some preacher every Sunday or make them say grace before eating their tv dinner.
Nick also once pretended to jerk off in my top hat. That being said, i also firmly believe that he is completely correct. Medication is frightning in it's extreme mind alteration. I do not believe that it should not ever be used, however; if the 'victim' of depression, or other psychological problems, is a competent and functional member of society, non-violent and coherant, why on earth should they be medicated? And on the note concerning Canada, perhaps it is the American style neo-conservative government that 'runs' my province (ontario), but it was put forward that all people with psychological disorders be on an enforced medication programme. I never cease to be amazed and disgusted at what lengths this right-wing government will go to in order to premote control and order. Will they suggest next that those with learning disabilities, such as my own dyslexia, be forced into limiting fields and courses of study? It is my belief that those with problems are often the brightest and most valuable members of a society. But then, is this not a world that will hinder excellence in order to promote the mediocre? I too feel tears when I think about the injustices wrought upon those that cannot help who they are. And yet, the herd is vast, the wool is white... Maya Hirschman (figured if Nick could use his name, i could use mine.)