--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Stand up to them, especially in a > > way that makes them look ridiculous or causes others to > > laugh at them, and they turn back into what they always > > were, timid little mice given power before they were > > mature enough to handle it. > > > > ------Or they take power. > > I think I got away with it because it was just a > TM movement weasel, and thus confrontation-averse. > I mean the guy left a NOTE, ferchrissakes...how > spineless is that? If it had been Dick Cheney > I'd still be in Guantanamo with electrodes > attached to some of my favorite places. :-) > > Unc
That's where the power of a group comes in to play. My buddy started a Citizen's Commission on Human Rights(CCHR) group here in Austin (their avowed purpose is to flush out and expose abuses in the psychiatric community). When somebody was committed involuntarily (yeah, it happens) they would challenge the hospital (when requested by family members) to provide proof of need to be there or let them out. There are plenty of horror stories about those psych facilities (as Nicholson found out in Cuckoo's Nest). Anyway, it got to the point that a year or so ago a CCHR rep called a facility, identified himself and the person on the phone paused and said "I'm already preparing the release papers". One person can handle an individual situation as Unc did. When you're going up against a big, powerful entity (gov't, drug companies, etc) you need group effort. And it works. Our chapter just snuffed out a call for mandatory "mental health" screenings that came from the top (GW) and was pushed by Governor Perry. All the top lobbyists said it was impossible. Yet, we stopped it. One guy can't but organization and the truth can. That inspires me and makes me feel there is still hope. The Senators and Reps were bombarded with calls and they listened. To me, that's cool. Jeff To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> 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/
