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- From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
- Newsgroups: soc.singles
- Subject: Re: Credibility and Trueness
- Date: 27 Jan 93 14:40:40
- Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
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- Message-ID: <MARTINC.93Jan27144040@grover.cs.unc.edu>
- References: <ewright.728075030@convex.convex.com> <1993Jan27.005956.18358@sol.UVic.CA>
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- In-reply-to: ewright@convex.com's message of Wed, 27 Jan 1993 18:39:07 GMT
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- In article <ewright.728159947@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
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- In <1993Jan27.005956.18358@sol.UVic.CA> atovorni@engr.UVic.CA (dreas) writes:
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- > I, too, have had occasions in my life where I have had to fight
- > a mental illness
-
- Pick up a book called "The Myth of Mental Illness" by Thomas Sasz,
- and you may discover what "mad doctoring" is all about.
-
- Hint: Drawing an anology between physical ailments and socially
- disapproved behaviors does not make the analogy appropriate.
-
- Even Sasz has repudiated that book.
-
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