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echo: matzdobre
to: Ed Hulett
from: Jeff Binkley
date: 2010-03-09 05:10:00
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EH> EH>>>> No, it is addiction. When a person feels the need to get
EH> EH>>>> high, it is addiction.

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

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

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

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

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


Jeff

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