Chris, I do not need to recognize my addiction to caffeine. I enjoy it as long as I have it, but I don't experience the desire to put all life aside to continue my habit, as some might for a drug. I'm sure it's no more of a concern than your next ale, or mineral water, should you run out. If I get headaches from not eating, am I also a hopeless addict in that respect? Dropping off after dessert is typical of most people because sugar affects us all similarly: you get energized, but the levels drop off. Or perhaps diabetes or hypoglycaemia are in the picture. I didn't lecture anyone on addiction. I was relating to you some facts from greater studies and the findings of personal experience in both professional and voluntary capacity with troubled people. You were the one lecturing on addiction.
As to my ignorance of the strawman usage, I guess you are going to use that as a pretext to quit, rather than admitting that the content of my last reply put you into a bit of a corner. It's obviously a sensitive topic for you, and you are entitled to your beliefs, but there are stronger data than what you offered regarding addiction, and I have the right to counter your data. Don't give me this childish "you are not worthy of discussing something with me "dismissal" cr-p.That is so like a loser trying to save face, and I'm sure that you don't want people to think any such thing. I have spent a lot of time helping many young people, and I deserve some credit for my observations. You are not speaking from a very broad base of information, and so far nothing from personal experience. Over and Out, Natalia ----- Original Message ----- From: Christoph Reuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [Futurework] Possible U.S. cutbacks? > Natalia wrote: > > ***The word addiction was enclosed by " ", and perhaps "side-effects" > > should have been used instead. If I fail to have a coffee in the morning, > > the side-effects for me will result in a headache. > > Then you have a caffeine addiction. > (http://home.howstuffworks.com/caffeine3.htm) > > If you don't even recognize a withdrawal symptom if it beats you in the head > (literally), confusing it with a side-effect of not taking something (as if > that would exist) instead, then how can you lecture others about addiction ? > > > > If I eat too much > > sugar--the same, or else I become incredibly sleepy. > > Now that's a side-effect (and sounds like you have candidiasis too). > > > > If I fail to drink > > water, I become thirsty or dehydrated. > > Comparing the most essential liquid with drugs just shows your ignorance > about these issues. On that basis it's useless to waste hours with an > endless phrase-by-phrase rebuttal. Your various strawman arguments (and > for the record, "strawman" is not an insult to the person but merely the > technical term for an argument that counters an argument not made by the > defendant) are also not conductive to a constructive debate. > > Chris > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword > "igve". > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
