On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:29:24 -0700, Christopher Green wrote:
> Reports are sketchy, but looks as thought Thomas Szasz died last weekend.
> http://reason.com/blog/2012/09/11/thomas-s-szasz-relentless-freedom-fighte

Yes, Szasz is as dead as Dillinger as this notice makes clear:
http://www.tributes.com/show/Thomas-Stephen-Szasz-94416283

And for more on Szasz from the libertarians, see:
http://reason.com/blog/2012/09/11/thomas-szasz-how-and-why-the-great-liber

I can't admit to having been a fan of Szasz though I too am against coercive
psychiatric practices.  I think the key difference is I do believe in mental
illness as a real entity and not as a metaphor, both for scientific and personal
reasons.  So, in memory of one kook, let's remember another:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQIzm3ypzBQ

I wonder where Szasz is looking.

-Mike Palij
New York University
[email protected]

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