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Autism Spectrum Disorder
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RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder
Quote:Minimalist is of the older generation. Of course they would think like that. And what does Ritalin have to do with autism? lol, man. I like you, but damn ...

It's the whole drug culture, man.  The government rules some drugs bad but others are poured into people like they were fucking water.

My comments were certainly no knock on Hammy, who I only know from here where he is popular, witty and, when he wishes to be, quite profound.  My objection, and it may well be a generational thing, is that I am not comfortable with having a bunch of shrinks say "there are acceptable limits to human behavior and if we determine that you are out of that range there is something "wrong" with you that we will attempt to fix with drugs or at $150/hour therapy sessions."  Then we quickly see school administrators jump on the bandwagon because all those fucks care about is "order."  Its a convenient way to take their problem cases and make them a problem for someone else.  

The whole trend is far too 1984-ish for my tastes.  I recall the following quote from H. L. Mencken.

Quote:The great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom even ordinarily respectable. No virtuous man — that is, virtuous in the Y.M.C.A. sense — has ever painted a picture worth looking at, or written a symphony worth hearing, or a book worth reading.

Like I said earlier.  I'm a cranky old fart.... but I don't like the long-term trends I'm seeing.
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Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 22, 2018 at 4:30 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Losty - March 22, 2018 at 4:36 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Rev. Rye - March 22, 2018 at 5:03 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 22, 2018 at 5:08 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Foxaèr - March 22, 2018 at 5:06 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by The Grand Nudger - March 22, 2018 at 5:11 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 22, 2018 at 5:32 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Mermaid - March 22, 2018 at 5:32 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 22, 2018 at 6:12 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Rev. Rye - March 22, 2018 at 6:41 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by The Grand Nudger - March 22, 2018 at 5:44 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 22, 2018 at 9:53 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by The Industrial Atheist - March 23, 2018 at 8:12 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by ignoramus - March 22, 2018 at 6:24 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by J a c k - March 22, 2018 at 6:32 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 22, 2018 at 7:06 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by mlmooney89 - March 22, 2018 at 6:41 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by c172 - March 22, 2018 at 6:47 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 22, 2018 at 7:29 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Rev. Rye - March 22, 2018 at 8:11 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 22, 2018 at 8:22 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by henryp - March 22, 2018 at 7:25 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Catholic_Lady - March 22, 2018 at 8:25 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 22, 2018 at 8:32 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Catholic_Lady - March 22, 2018 at 8:38 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 22, 2018 at 8:45 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by henryp - March 22, 2018 at 10:24 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Losty - March 22, 2018 at 10:27 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by henryp - March 22, 2018 at 10:57 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 23, 2018 at 9:31 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Rev. Rye - March 22, 2018 at 8:39 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Catholic_Lady - March 22, 2018 at 8:46 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 22, 2018 at 9:31 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by The Industrial Atheist - March 22, 2018 at 9:37 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Catholic_Lady - March 22, 2018 at 11:15 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by vulcanlogician - March 23, 2018 at 12:03 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 26, 2018 at 2:42 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Catholic_Lady - March 26, 2018 at 2:48 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 26, 2018 at 4:08 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Minimalist - March 26, 2018 at 3:05 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Catholic_Lady - March 26, 2018 at 3:42 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 26, 2018 at 8:16 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by J a c k - March 27, 2018 at 2:04 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Grandizer - March 27, 2018 at 7:35 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Catholic_Lady - March 26, 2018 at 6:14 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Whateverist - March 26, 2018 at 6:37 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 26, 2018 at 7:12 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Rev. Rye - March 26, 2018 at 11:41 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 27, 2018 at 9:16 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Little lunch - March 27, 2018 at 10:09 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Shell B - March 27, 2018 at 10:19 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Aegon - March 27, 2018 at 10:20 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by mlmooney89 - March 27, 2018 at 10:28 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Shell B - March 27, 2018 at 10:36 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 27, 2018 at 12:27 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by henryp - March 27, 2018 at 10:38 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Catholic_Lady - March 27, 2018 at 11:08 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 27, 2018 at 11:21 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Shell B - March 27, 2018 at 11:14 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by mlmooney89 - March 27, 2018 at 11:22 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 27, 2018 at 11:26 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Minimalist - March 27, 2018 at 1:32 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Catholic_Lady - March 27, 2018 at 1:50 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 27, 2018 at 1:53 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Shell B - March 27, 2018 at 3:14 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 27, 2018 at 3:18 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by ignoramus - March 28, 2018 at 2:36 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 27, 2018 at 1:44 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Catholic_Lady - March 27, 2018 at 1:58 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Minimalist - March 27, 2018 at 3:10 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Catholic_Lady - March 27, 2018 at 3:11 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Minimalist - March 27, 2018 at 3:15 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by downbeatplumb - March 27, 2018 at 3:42 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 27, 2018 at 5:45 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by WinterHold - March 27, 2018 at 6:14 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 27, 2018 at 6:19 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by mlmooney89 - March 27, 2018 at 6:27 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Rev. Rye - March 27, 2018 at 7:28 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - March 27, 2018 at 7:36 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Shell B - March 27, 2018 at 8:22 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Foxaèr - March 27, 2018 at 8:59 pm
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by robvalue - April 18, 2018 at 1:22 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Edwardo Piet - May 11, 2018 at 8:11 am
RE: Autism Spectrum Disorder - by Catholic_Lady - May 11, 2018 at 3:29 pm



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