Really, Glen. NOT in the DSM-IV or V? Did you try "amuck". That seems to be the culturally appropriate spelling for Malaysia, anyway. It would be nice not to be wrong about everything.
n Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ -----Original Message----- From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of glen Sent: Monday, January 04, 2016 12:37 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Running amok - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Do you mean the Quail Run golf course, there ... in the desert? 8^) If so, I can't imagine any 2 people in that changing room there, have it so "bad". I feel kinda the same way about the ... [cough] ... militia members at Malheur. How bad can it be if these Yeehawdists have plenty of free time and $$ for gas, guns, and such to seize and squat? I know some people who have it "bad" and they certainly don't have that level of resources available to them. It reminds me of the Tea Party people, <stereotype> overweight with their lawn furniture and misspelled signs</stereotype>. What, precisely, do these people have to complain about? But that makes the issue decidely _on_ topic, I think. From the DSM 5, which doesn't seem to contain "amok": > 1. Cultural syndrome is a cluster or group of co-occurring, relatively > invariant symptoms found in a specific cultural group, community, or > context (e.g., ataque de nervios). The syndrome may or may not be > recognized as an illness within the culture (e.g., it might be labeled > in various ways), but such cultural patterns of distress and features of > illness may nevertheless be recognizable by an outside observer. > > 2. Cultural idiom of distress is a linguistic term, phrase, or way of > talking about suffering among individuals of a cultural group (e.g., > similar ethnicity and religion) referring to shared concepts of > pathology and ways of expressing, communicating, or naming es sential > features of distress (e.g., kufiingisisa). An idiom of distress need > not be associated with specific symptoms, syndromes, or perceived > causes. It may be used to convey a wide range of discomfort, including > everyday experiences, subclinical conditions, or suffering due to > social circumstances rather than mental disorders. For example, most cultures > have common bodily idioms of distress used to express a wide range of suf > fering and concerns. > > 3. Cultural explanation or perceived cause is a label, attribution, or > feature of an explanatory model that provides a culturally conceived > etiology or cause for symptoms, illness, or distress (e.g., maladi > moun). Causal explanations may be salient features of folk classi fications > of disease used by laypersons or healers. On 01/04/2016 10:23 AM, Owen Densmore wrote: > Slightly off-topic, but the mention of Malheur reminded me of a conversation > in the men's changing room yesterday at Quail Run. > > The Big Short started the discussion, and one guy said ".. but you can't > trust anybody anymore, and the government is worst of all! Why aren't most of > the bankers who caused the Financial Crisis in jail?". > > This prompted another guy to say: "the only honest guys running for president > are Trump and Sanders". Trump? Then "Hillary is in the banks pockets just > like the rest." > > Well, true .. and why *aren't* the bankers in big trouble rather than > continuing to be too big to fail and building even more risky financial > stunts? As far as I know, only one banker is in jail and it is in Europe, not > the US. > > And these weren't idiots, just folks angry at just how bad things are .. just > like the Rancher's Rights at Malheur. > > Amok may be just what voters are about to be. It isn't populism, exactly .. > its just plain mad and may have surprising "uprisings" as a result. -- ⇔ glen ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
