Hello, students of Szasz. I am in much agreement with Szasz's work about politics, coercion, and the medical establishment. I have no doubts that he is...
Hello Eliana, I will venture to answer some of your questions, although of course I cannot speak for Szasz. ... I suspect he probably doesn't, although he...
Eliana, When you say "Schizophrenia as it's understood today doesn't look to me like a choice. It looks like something that people do when their brain isn't ...
As Mira says, Szasz supports free access to substances of all kinds for everybody. For adults, not children. An adult has a right, in Szasz's view, to take...
... Charles, my answers to your questions are completely my own, and do not necessarily reflect Szasz's views. Parents have the obligation to parent...
These are my reflections upon finishing the book "Nowhere To Go" by E. Fuller Torrey. -Rick The story of E. Fuller Torrey is a sad tale of somebody who has...
Psychiatric Concepts In Spider Man 2 For those of you who are comic book geeks out there and haven't made it to the theater to see "Spider-Man 2" yet, I'm...
... I am a great admirer of Thomas Szasz, but I do not always agree with him. In this case, I am also disagreeing with you, Rick. Hearing voices is not...
Reading the debate I suggest to go to the core of the question: Who are parents? There is along the rise of modern medicine, it's therapeutic state, and it's...
Rene Talbot
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Jul 4, 2004 8:43 pm
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Mira, I have no idea as to what you are saying, or trying to say, in your message below. I suppose I could study earlier messages and try to figure out your ...
Rene, I had trouble trying to understand your remarks. I assume that German is your primary language. Is that a correct assumption? Did you write your...
... René, I agree with you. The moral parent(s) of a child is/are the adult(s) who love(s) and raise(s) the child, and to whom the child is emotionally...
Mira, A query about the law you mention that requires the registration of sperm donors in the Netherlands: I am wondering if the law also requires the...
... That would be logical, but I don't remember seeing anything about it in the papers. ... A survey was made among adults who were conceived through AID, and...
Mira, Your statement: "I don't endorse any law that interferes with the private lives of citizens." Well, aren't you the rebel! Or maybe an anarchist? Do you...
Folks in the wonderful Thomas Szasz discussion group should consider joining and cross- posting to the allianceagainstpsychiatry yahoo group. The theme of the...
Rene, I read the transcript of your talk, "Thomas Szasz's Impact on Political Issues" in which you mention the Russell Tribunal on Human Rights, which you say...
... In agreement with Tom who, together with George Alexander, made the accusation, we did not address this issue. The full documentation of the Russell...
Rene Talbot
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Jul 6, 2004 8:20 am
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... yes; sorry about my mistake of using the word "parentship" instead of "parenthood" ... My sentence was: "There is along the rise of modern medicine, it's...
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Jul 6, 2004 3:57 pm
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Rene, There has already been some discussion of the idea of "race" in this group. Have you read those earlier comments? Are you familiar with the basic ideas...
Eliana > > Do you suppose Szasz "believes in" Fibromyalgia? Mira > I suspect he probably doesn't, although he seems to take a ... Oh, dear. I suspect Szasz...
... That book was written in 1976, and as I understand it, changed the world. However, it certainly doesn't tell us how Schizophrenia is seen today. I haven't...
"Hearing voices is not something I have experienced myself, except when (semi-)asleep, and then I experience all sorts of things. However, I have been told...
... In other words, you haven't. I myself have read all of Szasz's books except one which I wasn't able to access. I have not read most of his hundreds of...
... I do hear voices, for instance in my dreams, my memory, or my imagination. I don't hear them the way some other people report to hear them. When someone...
what is the "Virchow's definition"? Hagai Aviel/Chairperson Israeli Association Against Psychiatric Assault www.iaapa.org.il for 'International Association...
... waht about this: Why "mental illness" does not exist. There is simple proof why its existence necessarilly and rationally must be denied and this takes...
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