culture and illness

[William S. Lear]

On Sat, December 19, 1998 at 15:57:03 (+0000) Jim heartfield writes:
>In message <199812190319.UAA29627 at smtp02.primenet.com>, Doyle Saylor
><djsaylor at primenet.com> writes
>> You seem to have the desire to label someone morally bad? 
>>What about an addict?  Are they morally bad?
>
>Most of the addicts I've known are pretty reprehensible characters.

Ergo all addicts are scum, deserving of "justifiable discrimination".


>...
>Addiction is an easy excuse for bad behaviour. Nobody is making you buy
>that drink, or jack up. ...

That's why they call it addiction, not assault by a third party.

Bill