From: "Bob Warren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
You are obviously very upset. There is no way I could have anticipated
your special sensitivity to the word "schizophrenic".
No. I always argue strongly for things I believe in. I believe firmly that
defining groups of individuals using an illness as the definition is unfair,
unjust and immoral. It is not my "special sensitivity". It's simply what
is right.
I meant it in the sense defined by Bateson. I still mean it in the sense
defined by Bateson. Such mechanisms are common in normal problematic
situations.
Well he's wrong. In future you will know better. :-)
For the record - if one is have a go at a list (like this one) one would
never write something like "they are like a bunch of old codgers with heart
conditions", or attack using a cancer like disease description (normally) or
define them in a manner that denigrates people suffering from pancreas
disease or muscular distrophy. It is no different here. While it is not
personal for me it is a *huge* issue to people who have the disease. It's
called "stigma" and it's unfair. If you are interested in why I'm so hot on
this check out this link -
http://www.sane.org/stigmawatch/stigmawatch/stigmawatch.html
Scott Kane
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