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Friday, December 03, 2004
It turns out I went over the alotted character limit for comments. See below:
I think this problem is reflective of a few basic problems working in tandem. The first, is the very human trait of needing to classify and categorize everything. I think that most so-called disorders are simply peoples individual quirks being completely blown out of proportion, and in fact, I've even met people who seem to WANT to be classified with some kind of mental health issue. Talk about sick.
The second is a result of the first. People do not take responsibility for their behaviours. It's easier to say that something is wrong than to own up to the fact that you act like a fucking idiot sometimes. It becomes difficult when dealing with children because they are still so young and often confused and unable to see the errors in their ways. Shoving them into some category instead of teaching them to correct their behaviour is about the stupidest thing I can think of.
The third is our fundamental values. The sick structure of our society is all smokescreen. Make money, get married, have kids. Money runs the world; everything is only worth what someone will pay for it. Protect yours. Make your high school buddies jealous. Pretend everything is okay. Fuck. I can't even stand it anymore. Hasn't it occured to anyone that our society has the greatest suicide rate (along with Japan). Why do you think this is? Could it perhaps be because the only thing we're taught to value is something so basic, worldly and ultimately so inconsequential?
I think this problem is reflective of a few basic problems working in tandem. The first, is the very human trait of needing to classify and categorize everything. I think that most so-called disorders are simply peoples individual quirks being completely blown out of proportion, and in fact, I've even met people who seem to WANT to be classified with some kind of mental health issue. Talk about sick.
The second is a result of the first. People do not take responsibility for their behaviours. It's easier to say that something is wrong than to own up to the fact that you act like a fucking idiot sometimes. It becomes difficult when dealing with children because they are still so young and often confused and unable to see the errors in their ways. Shoving them into some category instead of teaching them to correct their behaviour is about the stupidest thing I can think of.
The third is our fundamental values. The sick structure of our society is all smokescreen. Make money, get married, have kids. Money runs the world; everything is only worth what someone will pay for it. Protect yours. Make your high school buddies jealous. Pretend everything is okay. Fuck. I can't even stand it anymore. Hasn't it occured to anyone that our society has the greatest suicide rate (along with Japan). Why do you think this is? Could it perhaps be because the only thing we're taught to value is something so basic, worldly and ultimately so inconsequential?
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