Great post as usual Aegrus, especially the last paragraph.

I also agree with muscle boy on his comments. Doesn’t the psych community of experts have more to concern themselves with than the Internet behaviors of citizens, when they can’t or won’t even denounce the use of psychological torture by their members/professionals.

Now if that isn’t as heinous a double-standard there is, I don’t know of another one.

I’m having very severe psychological distress over the fact that the American Psychological Association is backing use of it’s members by the hyper-insane Bush administration in it’s torture facilities to aid in the process of torturing people.

I think the only therapy that would work to help me is for everyone to boycott APA members at least until the APA reverses it’s decision and actually condemns the use of torture and most certainly the participation of it’s members.

Yes, let us all be aware. Pseudo-psychiatrists will write books on anything to get you into their office and on medication. Feel guilty for sending that extra e-mail or spending half an hour text messaging friends.

It’s kind of strange how liberal/progressive communities can express skepticism about technology with the ease of social conservatives. There is a general ‘get back to basics’ and distrust of corporate power, but I don’t see how these valid lifestyle choices should spill over into technology usage.

It’s like smoking, drinking or recreational drug use. Educate people on your principals, and leave the decision making up to the individual. Don’t be blinded to the double-standard of outrage at social conservatism for invading our bedrooms if you feel guilty or anger towards people who don’t live an ‘organic’ lifestyle.

Please promote diversity and empower individual Americans to think and make choices instead of becoming that which has caused us so much anguish.