Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2441 mails)

[Allen <gorebofh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 07:07:57PM +0100, Kevanf1 wrote:
> On 05/06/05, Andreas Philipp <andreas.philipp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi Kevan:
> > 
> > El Dom 05 Jun 2005 12:03, Kevanf1 escribió:
> > > Please forgive and correct me if I am wrong but as far as I am aware
> > > Tourette's sysndrome is a vocal one.  It is a disorder whereby a
> > > sufferer is forced against their better judgement to shout obscenities
> > > and profanities.
> > 
> > Coprolalia ocurrs only in a minority of people with Tourette's, maybe in one
> > of four, and is not the syndrome's principal symptom.
> > 
> > > It does not compel the sufferer to write these
> > > utterances either by hand or electronically.
> > 
> > Well, copropraxia or coprographia are phenomena associated with coprolalia and
> > are certainly even more rarely seen. There may sometimes also be some general
> > behavioral (sexual, verbal) disinhibition associated with Tourette's, but
> > what exactly is the case with the guy from the Spanish list I obviously
> > cannot know.
> > 
> > > For the record, I have suffered from a mental illness (not Tourette's)
> > > in the past and do know just how it can take over one's life.
> > 
> > I am sorry to hear that. I felt compelled to respond to Colins message,
> > because it implied that by causing embarrassment or offering insight into the
> > social misconduct, the mentally ill person could or should be properly
> > motivated to change her behaviour. If this were so, the person's misconduct
> > weren't caused by mental illness at all, but the consequence of some
> > premeditated scheme. If we take for granted that the person on the Spanish
> > list positivley HAS mental problems, then causing embarrassment or offering
> > insight will not stop him from doing what is the undoing of the list. For
> > that, we need the help of a competent administrator, which has been my
> > argument all along.
> > 
> > Have a nice Sunday evening!
> > --
> > Andreas Philipp
> > Noema Ltda.
> > Bogotá, D.C. - Colombia
> > http://www.noemasol.com
> > 
> 
> Hi Andreas.  Thanks for the enlightenment.  Agreed, this is something
> that the admins really need to act upon.
> 
> As for the Sunday evening :-)  I will, you too :-)

We have a Tornado watch =(

I was stressed out and sore and my Tourrette's was acting up, so now I took
3 Lortab 7.5 Pain killers, which would be like a drop of Morphine, and I've
got Lords of Acid going on my CD on my laptop. I'm good now.



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> Kevan Farmer
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