On 03/09/2010 02:10 AM, Jeff Binkley -> Ed Hulett wrote:



 EH>>>>>> No, it is addiction. When a person feels the need to get
 EH>>>>>> high, it is addiction.

 ~>>>>> If a person feels the need for a cup of coffee in the morning
 EH>> to "get EC>> their
 ~>>>>> eyes open" does that mean they are addicted to coffee?

 EC>>>> "Addiction" used to have a fairly clear
meaning. The first time
 EC>>>> I heard someone try to twist it to their own ends by coming up
 EC>>>> with the phrase "psychologically addictive"
or "socially
 EH>> addictive," I knew the word JM> was
 EC>>>> going to get cheapened. The same thing has happened in recent
 JM>>> decades with
 EC>>>> the term "disease." These days, any behavior
that a person
 EH>> doesn't JM> want to
 EC>>>> accept responsibility for can be called a "disease."

 JM>>> If not a disease at least a disability. With the Americans with
 JM>>> Disabilities Act the to support them.

 EH>> And that would cover 98% of all on the left. :-)

 JB> If stupidity was a disability, it would cover all 100%.

And 10% of the right.

Ed

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