Mercy Ministries, a postscriptum
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dreamer_easyI seem to be all militant about mental illness at the moment. Good-oh.
The SMH asked readers for their comments on the Mercy Ministries scandal, specifically on whether scripture had a role to play in psychiatry. Amongst more sensible remarks - many from Christians appalled by the abuse - one note kept repeating itself: religion is mental illness. No, it's not, and fuck you for playing.
Apparently, LJ recently suppressed a bunch of interests which appeared on the "popular interests" list, including depression. Now, I am generally less pissed off with LJ's random shenanigans than most users, probably because the protesting LJers often act like people you would never want to be in the same room with. This, however, pisses me off. At least there's some recognisable reason to hide interests like "sex", "porn", or "bondage", but "depression" wtf? Are they worried shareholders will think the place is gloomy? Or is it just that they'd really rather keep it in the closet? Just you try, fuckers. *brandishes mop* (ETA: more info.)
ETA: Oh joy. Abuse of women rife in psychiatric wards.
The SMH asked readers for their comments on the Mercy Ministries scandal, specifically on whether scripture had a role to play in psychiatry. Amongst more sensible remarks - many from Christians appalled by the abuse - one note kept repeating itself: religion is mental illness. No, it's not, and fuck you for playing.
Apparently, LJ recently suppressed a bunch of interests which appeared on the "popular interests" list, including depression. Now, I am generally less pissed off with LJ's random shenanigans than most users, probably because the protesting LJers often act like people you would never want to be in the same room with. This, however, pisses me off. At least there's some recognisable reason to hide interests like "sex", "porn", or "bondage", but "depression" wtf? Are they worried shareholders will think the place is gloomy? Or is it just that they'd really rather keep it in the closet? Just you try, fuckers. *brandishes mop* (ETA: more info.)
ETA: Oh joy. Abuse of women rife in psychiatric wards.
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Date: 2008-03-19 12:17 am (UTC)That's me buggered for a start.