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David
to wish impossible things
Joined: 27 Jul 2003 Location: the edge of the deep green sea
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In this case, is it something that should be treated, or instead accepted? Interesting ethical questions there....
Personally, I'm a little worried about all these 'mental disorders' they come up with these days, if these were all to be 'cured' would we not just be an army of clones? then again, where do we draw the line? Schizophrenia, for example, is something that few would dispute should be cured. Narcissism, on the other hand, while incredibly annoying, is part of a person's personality, and to remove such a trait is playing God.
Some will rightly point out that mental condition does not necessarily = disorder _________________ "Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange |
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Proud Pies
Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Location: Knox-ish
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ummmm David, the article is actually getting away from the 'mental' conditioning and saying it's a 'biological' condition. So why are you talking about 'mental conditions'?
If I was a transgendered person, I'd personally be offended by what you've written above in response to the topic.
At paragraph [272]: ‘In my view the evidence demonstrates (at least on the balance of probabilities) that the characteristics of transsexuals are as much “biological” as those of people thought of as inter-sex’. _________________ Jacqui © Proud Pies 2003 and beyond |
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David
to wish impossible things
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I'm sorry, I misread 'medical condition' as 'mental condition', and I actually looked twice too
some might say I have a mental condition.....
still, I don't understand. After all, things like sexual orientation are all to do with the brain anyway aren't they? Reading stuff like this for example (in the above document):
Quote: | ‘In other words (as I understand it) the brain of an individual may in some sense be male, for example, though the rest of the person’s body is female’. |
Isn't that, therefore, dealing with mental issues? _________________ "Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange |
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Proud Pies
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David wrote: | I'm sorry, I misread 'medical condition' as 'mental condition', and I actually looked twice too
some might say I have a mental condition.....
still, I don't understand. After all, things like sexual orientation are all to do with the brain anyway aren't they? Reading stuff like this for example (in the above document):
Quote: | ‘In other words (as I understand it) the brain of an individual may in some sense be male, for example, though the rest of the person’s body is female’. |
Isn't that, therefore, dealing with mental issues? |
no, the brain is a biological part of the body.
but, i did laugh at your first sentence lol. Would you like to borrow my glasses? _________________ Jacqui © Proud Pies 2003 and beyond |
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David
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Nah it's alright, I've got my beer goggles right here _________________ "Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange |
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