yea i dont care if someone has mental illness as long as they take there corrective steps (Ie medication, counseling, etc)
Bill Wheatley Senior Database Developer Macromedia Certified Advanced Coldfusion Developer EDIETS.COM 954.360.9022 X159 ICQ 417645 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Doom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 2:25 PM Subject: RE: Janet Reno in Florida > My great uncle has Parkinson's. It makes you rather twitchy, but doesn't > affect your mental capacity in any way I or the medical community recognize. > Yeah, it screws up your co-ordination something awful, but who cares if her > signature is illegible? > > On the other side of the coin, most mental illnesses are quite controllable. > I would have no problem voting for someone with, say, depression. After > all, the man most responsible for running /my/ life has depression (and has > for several years) and is a remarkably intelligent, charming, and (dare I > say it) stunningly handsome young man. :-) Seriously, though: I'd worry a > lot less about depression or bipolarism or something of that nature than I > would about "stupid" -- which is not in the DSM-IV but seems to be an > epidemic. > > > > --Ben Doom > Programmer & General Lackey > Moonbow Software > > : -----Original Message----- > : From: jon hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > : Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 2:10 PM > : To: CF-Community > : Subject: Re: Janet Reno in Florida > : > : > : I just thought I'd add that she has Parkinson's Disease. I know that > : Parkinson's can be treated, and supposedly patients can be symptom > : free, but I don't think it is wise to vote in someone who we already > : know has a mental illness. > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
