XPost: alt.philosophy   
   From: brianf88@bigpond.net.au   
      
   "mimus"  wrote in message   
   news:17chvsxqd8c1a$.pclsvjg0xze7.dlg@40tude.net...   
   > On 26 Jan 2006 19:20:01 -0800, sara wrote:   
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   >> A recent article in the Scientific American Mind, reported   
   >> that apporox 47 % of Americans will suffer from mental   
   >> illness in their life.   
   >>   
   >> What is mental illness?.   
   >>   
   >> 1. Is it a statistic churned out by the media machine?   
   >> 2. Is it a problem requiring social local/support ?   
   >> 3. Is it a reflection on social issues?   
   >> 4. Does it reflect the educational and social bias   
   >>     of the people who devised the poll?   
   >   
   > The more "exorcists" you have, the more "demons" and "demonic possessions"   
   > there will be.   
   >   
   > The more "witch- hunters" you have, the more "witches" there will be.   
   >   
   > The more "Red- hunters" you have, the more "Reds" there will be.   
   >   
   > And the more "psychologists" and "psychoanalysts" and "psychiatrists" and   
   > "counselors" you have, the more "mental illnesses" and "addictions" and   
   > "dependences" there will be.   
      
   A perfect example is what happens to a country when it unleashes its "best   
   and brightest" at the rate of thousands per year with their newly aquired   
   law degrees.   
      
   If a planet was inhabited by only lawyers, would there be more or less   
   litigation than "down here"?   
      
   BOfL   
      
      
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   > Nothing so illuminates the end as the means.   
   >   
   > And the means is frequently the real end.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)