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Re: terms (Psychiatrists, State,Liberty and Schizophrenia)
Sylvia T. Paldhan (pald1208@tao.sosc.osshe.edu)
Tue, 01 Oct 1996 14:36:42 -0700
Errol Back-Cunningham wrote:
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> In <32503CE6.31FE@tao.sosc.osshe.edu> pald1208
> <pald1208@tao.sosc.osshe.edu> writes:
> [snip]
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> >Ivan Illich's "Medical Nemesis"
> > (in which the best citation was from a study wherein
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> >normal people said that they heard voices, to get admitted, and then
> were
> >perfectly normal in speech and behavior once admitted. Did them no
> good;
> >the LABEL, once applied, becomes the only reality, and all perception
> is
> >filtered through it and all action directed toward it, not the person
> or
> >the reality of the person's condition, "the personnel were unable to
> >acknowledge normal".)
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> Brilliant. The custodians of the gate are themselves dysfunctional.
> Having invented the terminology required to close the gate, they
> have neglected to invent the terminology to open it...
>
> Errol
Dear Errol,
I love the way you write!
Tell me, are you in practice, or did you just get the degree?
Thanks,
Cordially, Sylvia
--
"Truth is mighty and will prevail."
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