Hmmm. Sure, some people will find any excuse for not dealing with their difficulties, but to dismiss anyone suffering from stress as a "whiner" is going too far in the other direction.
In my experience (and, believe me, I've had *plenty* of experience in this area, first-hand and otherwise), many people who have reached the burnout stage are not even aware themselves of the state that they have got into. Far from being an excuse, many people go a long time denying to themselves that they are struggling to cope. By the time they realise, it's often too late, and they are self-medicating with alcohol or drugs.
Depression is *not* just a universal excuse: it's a serious and life-threatening illness. More people than you know will be suffering from depression, and a significant number of those (some statistics quote over 16%) will make a successful attempt on their own lives.
Will you be as quick to dismiss mental illness when the guy in the next cube over has gassed himself in his car?
Lawyers aren't known for their ability to know when to stop.
We've been here before - Scientology attempted to shut down an entire newsgroup, to prevent their sooper sekrit scriptures being posted, and failed miserably. Spookily, someone close to the fight (Keith Henson) said at the time that the Usenet-Scientology battle was but a rehearsal for the Big One. I don't think that *this* is the Big One, but there is no way that they can be any more successful than Scientology in preventing the dissemination of this information. Of course, they could still always try to spend *more money* than Scientology did, but I don't see it succeeding in doing anything except making lawyers richer, and giving music publishers an excuse to jack up their prices. Not that that will stop them - can anyone say "tar baby"??
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Hmmm. Sure, some people will find any excuse for not dealing with their difficulties, but to dismiss anyone suffering from stress as a "whiner" is going too far in the other direction.
In my experience (and, believe me, I've had *plenty* of experience in this area, first-hand and otherwise), many people who have reached the burnout stage are not even aware themselves of the state that they have got into. Far from being an excuse, many people go a long time denying to themselves that they are struggling to cope. By the time they realise, it's often too late, and they are self-medicating with alcohol or drugs.
Depression is *not* just a universal excuse: it's a serious and life-threatening illness. More people than you know will be suffering from depression, and a significant number of those (some statistics quote over 16%) will make a successful attempt on their own lives.
Will you be as quick to dismiss mental illness when the guy in the next cube over has gassed himself in his car?
Lawyers aren't known for their ability to know when to stop.
We've been here before - Scientology attempted to shut down an entire newsgroup, to prevent their sooper sekrit scriptures being posted, and failed miserably. Spookily, someone close to the fight (Keith Henson) said at the time that the Usenet-Scientology battle was but a rehearsal for the Big One. I don't think that *this* is the Big One, but there is no way that they can be any more successful than Scientology in preventing the dissemination of this information. Of course, they could still always try to spend *more money* than Scientology did, but I don't see it succeeding in doing anything except making lawyers richer, and giving music publishers an excuse to jack up their prices. Not that that will stop them - can anyone say "tar baby"??