October 12, 200718 yr Author Interesting 30 posts and no comment on Odell using it to try and get back on the football field. Good comment on BGP that sometimes issues are more important than sports.
October 12, 200718 yr An easy cure? Sure, just stop drinking. Ever had an addiction?I was addicted to drugs from the summer of my 6th grade year to two weeks before my SR. year ended. I QUIT COLD TURKEY THOSE WHO DON'T QUIT DON'T WANT TO.
October 12, 200718 yr Look, I'm not arguing on the side of alcoholism. I've seen good lives ruined by it. Highly productive people who could not resist the urge to binge and lose everything they have. I'll not argue that it is self inflicted and in most cases can be controlled, and I'll not suggest that pity should be involved, but in my opionion anything that inhibits normal functions is to one degree or another, a handicap.
October 12, 200718 yr I was addicted to drugs from the summer of my 6th grade year to two weeks before my SR. year ended. I QUIT COLD TURKEY THOSE WHO DON'T QUIT DON'T WANT TO. Congratulations, but is anyone arguing that point?
October 12, 200718 yr Author Look, I'm not arguing on the side of alcoholism. I've seen good lives ruined by it. Highly productive people who could not resist the urge to binge and lose everything they have. I'll not argue that it is self inflicted and in most cases can be controlled, and I'll not suggest that pity should be involved, but in my opionion anything that inhibits normal functions is to one degree or another, a handicap. So should a chosen handicap that you inflict on yourself be in the same category as a handicap you are born with or obtain as a result of a accident or disease?
October 12, 200718 yr Congratulations, but is anyone arguing that point? Nope, I just wanted to add my 3 cents.:laugh:
October 12, 200718 yr So should a chosen handicap that you inflict on yourself be in the same category as a handicap you are born with or obtain as a result of a accident or disease? No, I never said it should. Will you not agree that it is, nonetheless, a handicap?
October 12, 200718 yr Will you not agree that it is, nonetheless, a handicap?Definitely not. We cannot slap a label on every difficulty we have in life and expect someone else to bail us out of it, or give us something because of it.
October 12, 200718 yr Definitely not. We cannot slap a label on every difficulty we have in life and expect someone else to bal us out for it. Where have I said anything about being bailed out? Or pitied? Or whatever? I'm simply saying it impairs function.
October 12, 200718 yr Author No, I never said it should. Will you not agree that it is, nonetheless, a handicap? addiction yes, handicap no.
October 12, 200718 yr And therefore... What? And therefore is a handicap to living a normal life. That's all.
October 12, 200718 yr Author No, I never said it should. Will you not agree that it is, nonetheless, a handicap? Handicap to what? Being able to perform a job? No, it doesn't. Being able to drive a normal car? No, it doesn't. Being able to get the item off the top shelf of a cabinet? No, it doesn't. Being able to go to the movies and watch a movie? No, it doesn't. Being able to see a sunset? No, it doesn't. In fact, I am not sure what activity that it handicaps them being able to perform?
October 12, 200718 yr Handicap to what? Being able to perform a job? No, it doesn't. Being able to drive a normal car? No, it doesn't. Being able to get the item off the top shelf of a cabinet? No, it doesn't. Being able to go to the movies and watch a movie? No, it doesn't. Being able to see a sunset? No, it doesn't. In fact, I am not sure what activity that it handicaps them being able to perform? None of the above if he can control it. All of the above if he cannot. Which brings us back to it being self inflicted and we start all over again. I think I'm pretty much done.
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