Sure why don't well ajust take RAGE then!! :P Hay do i really have to wait until the 27th to see 28 days or can i buy it off amazon uk? :)
"When I came back from Korea, I had no money, no skills. Sure, I was good with a bayonet, but you can't put that on a resume - it puts people off!" Frank Barone, "Everybody Loves Raymond" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 2:48 PM Subject: Re: MENTALLY ILL MAN MAY REFUSE TREATMENT, COURT RULES > well the troubling thing is that if they HAD ruled that he was better off > then where would you draw the line? Most people would be happier if you > made them take Valium. There would certainly be less political > dissension... you see where I am going with this. Speaking of which, i just > noticed the other day that there now really is a drug called soma. > > Larry C. Lyons writes: > > > At 06:07 PM 6/6/2003 +0000, Dana Tierney wrote: > > >http://cbc.ca/stories/2003/06/06/starson030606 > > > > I got the article again. Here the text of it: > > > > Mentally ill man may refuse treatment, court rules > > Last Updated Fri, 06 Jun 2003 13:21:08 > > OTTAWA - In a case reminiscent of the Hollywood movie A Beautiful Mind, the > > Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a mentally ill physics genius has > > the right to refuse treatment for his condition. > > > > In its ruling Friday, the court said that 47-year-old Scott Starson does > > not have to take the medication that doctors want to give him. > > > > But the decision does not necessarily affect treatment of other mentally > > ill people. > > > > With no formal training, Starson has written for academic journals on > > topics such as anti-gravity, the theory of relativity and time measurement. > > > > But he suffers from a condition combining the symptoms of schizophrenia and > > manic depression, which causes erratic and sometimes threatening behaviour. > > > > Five years ago, he was admitted to the Centre for Addiction and Mental > > Health in Toronto after a court found him not criminally responsible on two > > charges of uttering death threats. > > > > Refused treatment > > > > His psychiatrist, Dr. Paul Posner, proposed treating Starson with > > anti-psychotic drugs and physical restraints, but Starson has refused > > medication, saying it slowed down his thought processes. > > > > A medical review board ruled that Starson was not capable of making a > > decision about his medication, but that decision was overturned by the > > Ontario Superior Court of Justice in 1999. > > > > The case then went to the Supreme Court of Canada. > > > > In its ruling Friday, the court said there were errors in the way the case > > was handled. > > > > Starson is currently in a psychiatric hospital in Ottawa with no prospect > > of being released. > > > > His mother, Jeanne Stevens, told CBC NewsWorld on Friday that the decision > > effectively ruins her son's life. > > > > She says medication would have taken away his erratic behaviour and allowed > > him to work again and live in the community. > > > > "I'm devastated and I truthfully believe that the Supreme Court did not > > have sufficient information," she said. "It's the end of his life." > > > > The case has parallels with A Beautiful Mind, in which Russell Crowe plays > > John Forbes Nash, a mathematics genius who suffers from schizophrenia. > > > > In 1994, Nash won the Nobel Prize in Economic Science for his earlier work > > on game theory. > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
