Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: Is Thomas Szasz's Death a Myth?
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 2:22 PM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: I have received a few emails this morning from various mental health contacts that Thomas Szasz, famous critic of standard psychiatry, libertarian gadfly and author of The Myth of Mental Illness died in New York on September 8 (see: http://www.tributes.com/show/Thomas-Stephen-Szasz-94416283). However, I have not been able to find confirmation of this in regular news outlets using a google search, or searching places like the NYT and CNN. I guess this is not as big a death in the general population as it is in my field, but still he was a notable person, and I would think the kind of guy that would rate an obit in the NYT, and he was old enough that they probably had one ready to go. I am wondering if anyone else has heard anything about this, or am I being suckered somehow? I had to leave home earlier this afternoon to take my daughter to the airport; having just returned him I see his obit is in the paper of record (famous people are not actually dead until we can read about it in the New York Times): http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/12/health/dr-thomas-szasz-psychiatrist-who-led-movement-against-his-field-dies-at-92.html -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] NotTV: Is Thomas Szasz's Death a Myth?
I have received a few emails this morning from various mental health contacts that Thomas Szasz, famous critic of standard psychiatry, libertarian gadfly and author of The Myth of Mental Illness died in New York on September 8 (see: http://www.tributes.com/show/Thomas-Stephen-Szasz-94416283). However, I have not been able to find confirmation of this in regular news outlets using a google search, or searching places like the NYT and CNN. I guess this is not as big a death in the general population as it is in my field, but still he was a notable person, and I would think the kind of guy that would rate an obit in the NYT, and he was old enough that they probably had one ready to go. I am wondering if anyone else has heard anything about this, or am I being suckered somehow? -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: Is Thomas Szasz's Death a Myth?
Well, reason.com has three blog posts on him today, but they're also going back to the same source you note. I'd lean towards dead. On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 4:22 PM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: I have received a few emails this morning from various mental health contacts that Thomas Szasz, famous critic of standard psychiatry, libertarian gadfly and author of The Myth of Mental Illness died in New York on September 8 (see: http://www.tributes.com/show/Thomas-Stephen-Szasz-94416283). However, I have not been able to find confirmation of this in regular news outlets using a google search, or searching places like the NYT and CNN. I guess this is not as big a death in the general population as it is in my field, but still he was a notable person, and I would think the kind of guy that would rate an obit in the NYT, and he was old enough that they probably had one ready to go. I am wondering if anyone else has heard anything about this, or am I being suckered somehow? -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: Is Thomas Szasz's Death a Myth?
FWIW, the Wikipedia entry on Szasz was just protected after numerous edits to report him as dead; the only source ever quoted was reason.com, which was dismissed as not being a reliable source. Don't know, but it looks like neither does anyone else... On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: Well, reason.com has three blog posts on him today, but they're also going back to the same source you note. I'd lean towards dead. On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 4:22 PM, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: I have received a few emails this morning from various mental health contacts that Thomas Szasz, famous critic of standard psychiatry, libertarian gadfly and author of The Myth of Mental Illness died in New York on September 8 (see: http://www.tributes.com/show/Thomas-Stephen-Szasz-94416283). However, I have not been able to find confirmation of this in regular news outlets using a google search, or searching places like the NYT and CNN. I guess this is not as big a death in the general population as it is in my field, but still he was a notable person, and I would think the kind of guy that would rate an obit in the NYT, and he was old enough that they probably had one ready to go. I am wondering if anyone else has heard anything about this, or am I being suckered somehow? -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- -- Ben Scripps benscri...@gmail.com -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
