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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: John JonesJohn Jones Date: Aug 13, 2008 05:47
turtoni wrote:
> On Aug 12, 3:09 pm, John Jones aol.com> wrote:>> My natural freedom can't be affected by something I can't have - 'mental
>> illness'.
>
> Call it whatever you want.
>
> It's objective to imagine that we can broadly measure the quality of a
> persons life.
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> If we can improve a persons quality of life by applying chemicals
> against all other reasonable alternatives then what's your problem?
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> People have rights in our culture and if you feel that those rights
> are being abused then you should objectively present your finding.
>
> How do you feel about smoking, drinking alcohol and obesity? Should we
> outlaw those activities too?
Doctors have no authority to tell us that our lives need changing, even
if they should curse our brains with a disease.
I can't have mental illness, even if some people believe that anyone can
have mental illness.
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