Larry, I suffer from bi-polar depression and no matter how depressed I get, which isn't very often as I have medication for it. But even before I was diagnosed and took the medication I never felt the desire to embrace irrational beliefs. I just don't buy it, sorry. Just look at any court case where any type of mental disability or incapacity is involved. The defense has an expert on their side saying that it's a problem and the prosecution has an expert saying that it's not. When it comes to matter of the mind, which "expert" do you believe? In this case, with my personal experience, I don't buy the depression bit.
Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 8:00 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: From the OMFG files Kevin, It is not as simple nor as black or white as you want it to be. There are considerable differences between the two. In my masters thesis, I found a very strong correlation between depression and the endorsement of irrational beliefs. Those who scored high on standardized measures of depression also tended to score high on established measures of depression. For fanatics like Mohammed Atta there are very different cognitive mechanisms involved, yes they may acribed to a series of irrational beliefs, but there are other factors that influence the situation more. Its not as simplistic as you keep saying it is. larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 8:39 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: From the OMFG files > > > So by that logic, the men who flew the planes on 9/11 were > depressed or > had some other mental incapacity because they did if for bin > Laden just > as this kid said he did? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Howard Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 10:17 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: From the OMFG files > > Whether he is depressed is a question for the trial to > answer. It could > reasonably be argued that his irrational behavior (if you accept it as > irrational, as I do), is a sign of depression or other mental > incapacity. > > H. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 11:32 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: From the OMFG files > > > Ok...my whole point is we don't know if he was depressed. You are all > assuming he was. No maybe I am wrong, but I haven't read anywhere he > was depressed. I have only read that he did it in support of > Bin Laden. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 1:30 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: From the OMFG files > > Lets looks at the facts as we know them > > A depressed kid, was prescribed a drug that make kids depressed. > > Maybe the kid would have done it anyway, who knows. But it is > known that > > this drug causes problems. People have testified in congress about it. > > The doctor screwed up. > > At 11:20 AM 4/17/2002 -0700, you wrote: > >How about the company that built the building for putting it where it > is > >now? Or the maker of the airplane? The flight instructor? ;) > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
