> Chris, > > Sure hope you read my earlier post to you on the source of projection in > psychology.
Convenient excuse for perpetrators -- they don't do it on purpose, it's merely their subconscious! > By "drug fans", do you mean people involved in the profession of psychology Only those who think drugs are part of the solution instead of of the problem. > or people who are in favour of decriminalizing a societal problem? Problems can't be decriminalized, only solved or aggravated. Decriminalizing drugs aggravates the "societal problem" of drug use. (The problem of drug mugging can be solved with the controlled provision of drugs in detox programs.) Murder is a societal problem -- do you want to decriminalize it to solve it? > As to Freud, your own extreme fear of drug addiction inspires in you what > is pegged in psychology as the "All or none" judgment syndrome. Nonsensical psycho-babble. Fear is irrational; awareness of real drawbacks is rational, and this is my attitude towards drugs. For the record: Criticism of Freud's cocaine peddling is not an exotic view of mine, but the position of expert organizations and well documented in the literature. > You select the worst known traits of an individual, and judge the whole > person accordingly. No, I judge by the relevant traits, and Freud's attitude towards cocaine and his later dishonesty re. the issue is very crucial to his overall (non-)credibility. Freud was very predator-class and preached the (mis)use of drugs to facilitate the oppression and rip-off of people, especially of patients. Dependency-creating, brain-destroying drugs along with mind-numbing psycho-babble that consistently deflects attention from the real issues and increases the profits of predators. > That he was deceived by cocaine was ironic, It wasn't ironic, it was _typical_ (both of Freud and of cocaine). > but hardly negated his accomplishments. It puts his accomplishments into perspective: The weird ideas of a druggy who is dishonest about himself and towards his friends and patients, even if it costs their life. > I would warrant that you listen to a fair amount of drug-inspired music, > be it known to you or not. You have enjoyed scores of films, read books > and played video games--most inspired by soft drugs or alcohol at the > very least. Why do you think I like decadent "culture" ? Funny if you believe that the books I read (e.g. now: "The Diet Lie", debunking the food & drugs industries) have been "drug-inspired". But you're certainly right that the books you read are drug-inspired. Sounds like that. It's really preposterous to suggest that drugs enhance the mental abilities of people. This reminds me of that "study" (funded by the coffee industry) which asserted that coffee improves people's memory and concentration. Well, this "study" was done with coffee addicts only, and surprise surprise, their brains only worked with coffee and badly failed without coffee. Of course the study omitted that non-addicts' brains work even better, even without coffee. What really enhances the mental abilities of people is good nutrition and drug abstinence from the start (or even before conception..). No amount of Freudian slips, psycho-babble and drug-industry PR can change that. > When you judge people wholly on but one part of them, you cannot know > them, or ever make peace with them. Wrong assumption => wrong conclusion. > And you lose an opportunity to understand not just them but yourself > as well. I'd suggest you first begin to understand your own idol Freud before you lecture me on understanding people. > More the tragedy, this reveals how you harshly regard yourself. Harshness toward oneself isn't bad (and only my business) -- what's bad is double standards and leading people down their peril. 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
