Posted by Lou Pilder on January 20, 2007, at 14:23:16 [reposted on January 20, 2007, at 16:04:14 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Lou's request to Dr. Hsiung - CORRECTION » ronaldo, posted by ronaldo on January 20, 2007, at 10:08:03
> > Hello Lou,
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> > It seems to me that the truth should only be published if it is a palatable truth. If it is a truth which might offend the public taste, like for instance..."the maintenance of clients in drug-crippled states by indefinitely continuing them on brain-numbing drugs." then this truth should be silenced and censured. It is a great offence to the TRUTH when free debate is stifled. It seems that permissible debate is debate that does not question the PSYCHIATRIC STATUS QUO,that body of 'truth' which is accepted as truth by the majority of the powerful. How I ask, with tears in my eyes, will PSYCHIATRY ever progress without free and open debate which is both uncensored and uncensured. A quotation from a recognized expert such as Dr Nathaniel Lehrman MD can only be construed as uncivil by someone who objects to Dr Lehrman's views, which within the context of accepted Psychiatric doctrine, are somewhat controversial but never unvaluable.
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> > ronaldo
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> ronaldo, You wrote, [...a quotation from a(n)..expert..can only be construed as uncivil by someone who objects to (the expert's)>views...controversial<...].
> Could the grammatical structure of your statement here in question have the potential to mean any of the following?
A. views by an expert are conditional to be civil only if all others in that field agree with those views
B. all >controversial views< are uncivil, since there are others that disagree.
C. all views in psychiatry are controversial so all views in psychiatry are uncivil.
D. If an uncivil view is agreed upon by all psychiatrists, then that view is civil.
E. To be a true view, the view could be uncivil
F. To be a true view, it willl be civil
G. No non-psychitrist could have a civil view if any psychiatrist has a different view.
H. Civil views are always true views
K. A combination of the above
L. none of the above
M. all of the above
P. something else
Lou
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