-Caveat Lector- -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [toeslist] Can tobacco executives be committed? Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 00:00:29 -0600 (CST) From: Michael Givel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: ? To: undisclosed-recipients:; ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 12:52:02 -0700 From: Anne Landman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [tp-talk]Can tobacco executives be committed? My husband is a licensed clinical social worker with a specialty in addictionology. He has been listening to my rantings for a long time and yesterday announced that he noticed that the tobacco industry fits the DSM-IV criteria for having antisocial personality disorder. Specifically, the diagnosis requires a person to exhibit at least three of the following tendencies (and I've highlighted the three I feel apply to the tobacco industry): 1. Failure to conform to social norm with respect to lawful behaviors as indicated by repeatedly performing acts that are grounds for arrest. 2. Deceitfulness, as indicated by repeated lying, use of aliases, or conning others for personal profit or pleasure. 3. Impulsivity or failure to plan ahead. 4. Irritability and aggressiveness, as indicated by repeated physical fights or assualts. 5. Reckless disregard for safety of self or others. 6. Consistent irresponsibility, as indiated by repeated failure to sustain consistent work behavior or honor financial obligations. 7. Lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from another. Increasingly, corporations are afforded the rights of persons in our society: engaging in free speech, participating in elections, obtaining and holding property, engaging in contracts, etc. We posit that, like people, corporations can also exhibit personality disorders. One would further suppose that the executives are responsible for the corporation's errant behavior, and thus are fully accountable for it. A person who poses a danger to self or others can can be committed to an institution for evaluation by someone in a position of authority, for example a psychiatrist, physician or police officer. Once committed, they are held for 72 hours to assess whether or not they do indeed pose a threat to self or others. In order to commit someone, a person in authority fills out a form (in Colorado, for example, the form is called an "M-1") and then the patient gets picked up, taken to the hospital or other facility, and confined there for evaluation. If they are determined to pose a continuing threat to self or others, they are ordered to have further treatment. So I pose the question: Could someone in a position of authority, for example the Surgeon General or an Attorney General (perhaps even a state attorney general), issue an "order to commit" for the executives of the major tobacco companies, have them held and evaluated in a psychiatric facility with an eye towards their company's continued intent to knowingly harm others? Anne Landman To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
