Re: CHAT: Profile of Mental Illness
| From: | dunn patrick w <tb0pwd1@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 17, 1999, 22:11 |
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On Mon, 17 May 1999, Bryan Maloney wrote:
> > > > I know enough Americans (US) are on a variety of perscription drugs, some I
> > > > wonder if it is not cause it is fadish to be "mentally ill" either in the
> > > > social circles, or the mental health profession..
> > >
> > > No. What is faddish around here is to claim to be "bisexual". It is not
> >
> > Pardon me, but that's bullshit.
> >
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> Yes, it is bullshit, but it is the fad here in Ithaca.
The "fad" huh? So some people finally come out of the closet and admit
that they have feelings for the same sex, but since that doesn't fit in
with the tightly circumscribed universe of Ithica it becomes a "fad."
They'll "get over it," "grow out of it."
I think it's more likely that the fad of uniperspectual attitudes toward
sexuality is finally ending.
People don't follow "fads" in the hopes of getting beat up and tied to a
fence.