XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 1/23/2014 12:35 AM, Greg Goss wrote:   
   > Dimensional Traveler  wrote:   
   >> On 1/22/2014 4:37 AM, J. Clarke wrote:   
   >>> While I agree with your general assessment of the movie, as an ADDer I   
   >>> must protest the incorrect view of the effect of stimulant medications   
   >>> on those of us who have it.   
   >>>   
   >> Ya, I've had others point that out and I certainly don't mean to offend   
   >> real world suffers of ADD such as yourself.  But I also haven't figured   
   >> out a substitute for methamphetamine that would give the same message.   
   >> All the real world stuff that I've been told about that would actually   
   >> make it worse is stuff that uneducated John Q Public would think of as   
   >> calming agents.   
   >>   
   >> As for the lack of a reply, I hit the send button by accident before typing.   
   >>   
   >> Maybe "unmedicated hyper-active...."   
   >   
   > By the time that the sequel has come and gone, it's time to drop the   
   > review of the original as an every-message comment.   
   >   
   "Those who do not learn from history...."  :D   
      
   --   
   The 'Enterprise' crew in the 2009 Star Trek are adrenaline addicted,   
   hyper-active teenagers with ADD whose Ritalin got replaced with   
   methamphetamine, displaying a level of discipline that a Somali pirate   
   wouldn't tolerate.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)