On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 6:29 PM, Mark Lawrence <breamore...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 29/02/2016 22:40, Larry Martell wrote: > >> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 12:33 PM, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> >> wrote: >> >>> Rustom Mody <rustompm...@gmail.com> writes: >>> >>> On Monday, February 29, 2016 at 10:26:32 PM UTC+5:30, Ben Finney wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ian Kelly writes: >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 9:21 AM, Larry Martell wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I found this to be a very sad story. Sure, he had some issues, but I >>>>>>> don't think they needed to drug him, and take all that he had >>>>>>> learned away from him and turn him back into what he was before. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> "All that he had learned" meaning his delusions and psychoses? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Indeed. If a revelation is unconnected to reality, it's misleading to >>>>> say that one has "learned" it. >>>>> >>>> >>>> And who is the last arbiter on that 'reality'? >>>> >>> >>> A nice academic question. Not appropriate when we're discussing a real >>> person's psychotic episodes. Neither you nor I are experts in whether an >>> experience is psychosis, and the person already has an expert diagnosis. >>> >>> So please don't de-rail into the weeds of second-guessing an expert in >>> mental health. Unless you know the person's mental health better than >>> their doctor (and you do not), don't second-guess the diagnosis they >>> received. >>> >> >> I think for the most part, the mental health industry is most >> interested in pushing drugs and forcing people into some status quo. >> >> > I am disgusted by your comments. I'll keep my original reply in reserve. > > > -- > My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask > what you can do for our language. > > Mark Lawrence > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > I really like requests. I recommend it whenever people have trouble with urllib. As to Kenneth's personal struggle, good for him. An interesting and honest appraisal of his personal stuff. Viva la internet -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com/ <http://joelgoldstick.com/stats/birthdays> http://cc-baseballstats.info/ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
