What "brain structure" is supposed to be changed by "thinking"? Are there different kinds of "thinking"? When sensory data enter the brain, we would say the...
... Moral judgements made by people change with morality and culture. However, the only people who think that morality itself changes from one culture to ...
Szasz would agree with many of your premises. Whether I am a moral relativist or not has nothing to do with whether I approve of involuntary commitment. I...
In a message dated 2/1/2007 6:58:30 P.M. Central Standard Time, titaniummdk@... writes: Whether I am a moral relativist or not has nothing to do with...
If you have some time, type "involuntary commitment" into an internet search window and see what you find. Have you ever attended an involuntary commitment...
it appears that the person who wrote this message assume that either all of us are citizens of his/hers country or that the psychiatric incarceration procedure...
No, Hagai, I was aware that some group members live in other countries. And I realize that the commitment procedures probably vary even in the U.S. As for...
i referred to the "mental hygiene laws", and to the "mental health courts" in the United States set up under the supervision of the US Justice Department -...
... Hagai, can you supply some evidence for this? The laws I think you are referring to are part of the civil law system (as apposed to the criminal justice...
Hagai, do you know how often people are committed in Israel for being mentally ill? What can you tell us about the reasons that are given for commiting people...
as for the "mental health courts in the United States see attachemnts as for the arabs in psychiatry: it is true that those living outside the israeli...
"do you know how often people are committed in Israel for being >mentally ill?" -just as everywhere else when familes wants to get rid/punish/"re-educate" ...
the attachments did not work so here is the texts: http://www.abqjournal.com/news/79403news07-15-00.htm Saturday, July 15, 2000 Officials Seek Jail Diversion ...
Congress Backs Prison Alternatives WASHINGTON (AP) _ Congress has approved funds for pilot programs that emphasize supervision and treatment rather than prison...
... kind of ... to be ... so, what ... usually with ... Hagai, are you saying that ALL Israelis agree that David Irving should have been imprisoned for the...
"Hagai, are you saying that ALL Israelis agree that David Irving should have been imprisoned for the remarks he wrote about the Holocaust, the remarks for...
If Israel and European countries think it is correct to imprison someone for being antisemitic, are those countries correct to imprison people who believe...
i dont see any connection between your enquiries and the title you choose for your message Hagai Aviel/Chairperson Israeli Association Against Psychiatric...
Yes, you are correct; I probably should have used a different title. But it would be interesting to see your response to the message. ... choose ... iaapa.ch> ...
. Concerning the idea of consensus: I see on TV and read on the internet that there is an overwhelming consensus that the earth is warming due to the...
If it is OK to imprison someone for questioning and mocking the "official" history of the Holocaust, why isn't it OK to imprison someone for being "mentally...
... You are right: Nazis are not "mentally ill" - they are simply criminal. eod Rene Talbot Berlin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
... We're confusing two things here. I personally oppose the law that makes holocaust denial a criminal offense (everybody has the right to make a fool of...
Rene, I appreciate how you feel about the Nazis. But I think you missed my point. Do you think it is OK to imprison someone who writes books that disagree...
You have a consistent view, I would say. However, as to your 10th point, I am wondering if there are any birds in the southern hemisphere of the earth which...
... Your question is a bit vague. Imprisoning somebody who has not been convicted of a criminal offence is wrong and since involuntary commitment and the...
Your point that involuntary commitment "bypasses" a trial is not correct. If a person who is accused of being mentally ill and of needing to be committed...
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