[lit-ideas] Re: Who's Crazy? We Are
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 13:16:28 -0400
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> From: Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx>
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> Date: 6/8/2005 12:06:36 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Who's Crazy? We Are
>
>
>
> We all have our 'craziness' and I think that Harold Hungerford is
> absolutely right when he says "the bar for "mental illness" is a lot
lower
> in the US than it is in much of the rest of the world."
>
> It's a bit like the 'shocking' statistics that battered wives shelters
etc.
> trowel out "50% of women have faced some kind of violence by the time
they
> are 18". I counter it with "oh yeah, by your definitions, 100% of men
have
> faced some kind of violent attack by the time they are 18." Does this
mean
> that men are facing crises? Do we need shelters? These "numbers" are
> meaningless, deliberately shocking, meant for fear-inducement and not at
> all helpful.
>
A.A. Implicit in this is that violence against boys is acceptable. Do you
think it is?
>
> It all depends on how you define 'mental illness'. It all depends on what
> 'violence' is. It all depends...
A.A. I define violence as anything that invades my personal space without
my consent. I find that kind of invasion unacceptable. How do you define
violence?
Andy Amago
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