[aklug] OT: Did you know most of you are mentally ill?

> From: "Aaron A." <akbeancounter@yahoo.com>
> Date: November 26, 2010 3:18:05 PM AKST
> To: Kurt Brendgard <brendgard@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [aklug] OT: Did you know most of you are mentally ill?
>

> On Nov 24, 2010, at 9:15 PM, Kurt Brendgard <brendgard@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> I thought some of you might be interested in this. Seems as though some of us might be considered mentally ill by the "modern" mental health system because we value privacy and freedom.
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>> http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/people-who-resist-authority-stand-privacy-cou?page=2&t51hb=
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> This reminds me of an urban legend from the 70's that a person who took a certain number of doses of LSD (either in one sitting or over a lifetime, depending on the teller) could be declared / was automatically declared legally insane. What the author misses out on is that many behaviors are perfectly normal in small doses, but are cause for concern if they interfere with basic tasks. Turning the lights off when you leave a room is normal; turning the lights off and on twelve times because you won't be able to concentrate on anything else until you do, that's not normal.
>
> Of course, that's not to say the system can't be abused; during the 1920's, both the American and Soviet governments locked dissidents away under the reasoning that one would have to be crazy to not appreciate everything their noble leaders were doing for their country.

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