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From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com
Subject: WHERE HUBBARD STOLE S
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av282@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Martin G. V. Hunt)

Steve:
>>>>I have a severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.  a.r.s. is an addiction.

Me:
>>>   You poor thing.  Take a pill.  Get over it.

Martin:
>>OCD is a disease, like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or polio.  I don't
>>think it's nice to put people down in that basis, Dennis.

Me:
>   I assumed it was meant to be a joke and that Steve was putting us on
> again.  My response too was a joke (in case you didn't notice).  But
> if I was wrong in my interpretation, I apologize to Steve and all
> other sufferers of mental disorders relating to compusive behavior.

Martin:
>OK; it seemed a bit too cutting to be a joke, s'all.  And I think
>Steve actually meant it when he said he had OCD?  
 
    I was specifically addressing the addiction part.

>I have a family
>member with this disorder, so it kinda triggered me off.
                                                     
    So I noticed.

>   But I still scoff and ridicule anyone who characterizes
> participation in a Usenet newsgroup as an 'adiction'.  99 out of 100
> psychiatrists would agree the concept is flawed.  It was to this
> assertion of Steve's I was responding with sarcasm.
>
>Invented statistic.  
 
    Extrapolated from what I've read about addiction.  Best not 
    to trivialize the subject by saying "I'm addicted to soaps", 
    etc.  That's exactly what Steve is doing by making an absurd
    statement like "I'm addicted to ars."

>73% of respondents admitted to inventing
>statistics at some point in their lives, of which 48% said they
>did it to lend their arguments more credence.
                         
    Good.

>   And while we're on the subject, if Steve has any other mental
> disorders or obsessive compulsions which could be affecting his
> ability to tell fact from fiction, this might be a good time to alert
> us to them.
>
>Steve?
 
           Rev. Dennis L Erlich  * * the inFormer * *
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