... I've read all of them. Here is what he says about marriage and the state: State licensure of marriage is scarcely more justified than state licensure of...
From: Martin I agree that the state shouldn't "license" marriages or doctors (as Szasz has said in other writings) It's an arrangement. The State uses it to...
... From: Martin In a differently structured society (say Szaszian) where people ... surely in a szaszian society people are not offered anything, they can...
... People may not *take* without permission, which is often granted only in exchange for payment. But people may *offer* whatever they like. Even today...
... Then how do you explain all the copious amounts of money donated to charity, even in my country, where taxation is more than 50% (and these are Dutch...
I met Thomas Szasz at a Harvard conference on drugs - he was the keynote speaker. I brought my first edition hard cover copy of Insanity and he signed it for ...
From: Martin I would gather that you are correct with regards to the generosity of many people - my problem is how it's distributed in the USA - I believe many...
Would tax deductions or credits possibly have anything to do with the donations? ... _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Express yourself with Y!...
... This is why I never donate to organized charities. I give direct assistance where I see that it is needed. But the point was, that there's nothing wrong...
Let's not be hasty in criticing the Aztecs. The important thing to remember is that the Spaniards mistreated the Aztecs. So what if the Aztecs were ...
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Are you making a joke or are you a bigot against white people, and Christian Catholics. If you are being sarcarstic, an odd way to do it. If you are serious,...
does anyone know if thomas szasz has done any studies involving geriatrics and psychiatry? i'm working on a law case involving people trying to re-write a...
From: Martin I have read just about everything Thomas Szasz has written, I don't think he actually did any studies (maybe very early in his career as a...
Are you by any chance related? I have some of his works of art that I aquired in 1977 and one in particular facinates me; 'Escape From Death III' It is very...
Here are the opening paragraphs of an article by Wendy McElroy. The entire text is available at this URL: http://www.lewrockwell.com/mcelroy/mcelroy36.html ...
So the situation looks pretty grim for old people. Thomas Szasz' book 'Law Liberty and Psychiatry' was published in 1963 when he was 39 years old. Now he is...
Hello, I've been following the discusssions here for a few months. This is my first post. I've got 2 questions for everyone: 1) Does anyone here know of a Web...
To Henry Krinkle from Martin Kessler Michael Moore has not effectively refuted Szasz's view. What Moore does is avoid confronting the existential problems...
... See the bottom http://www.szasz.com/critics.htm Haven't been able to find anything more complete. ... They are attempts to solve problems that arise in...
(1) What is your basis for saying that "Moore is believed by many to have 'authoritatively refuted'..." Szasz? Who are the people who believe that? Michael...
Martin, I cannot improve on your excellent answer to Henry, but I would ... There was, of course, a gap between the discovery of the cause and the discovery of...
From: Martin Mira's question: I'm assuming that until antibiotics became ... That's a good question - I hypothesize that the dementia experienced by ...
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