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In response to Larry, I don;'t think anyone here is endorsing scientology. On 30 Sep 2006 at 12:40, Christina Martens wrote: > I think Foucault actually said that all ideas are dangerous....and that > power is relational, so there is always the possibility of resistance. The > medical gaze is just one idea that exercises power....it is through > naturalizing ways of thinking that bio-medicine can hide its mechanisms of > power and through forums such as this those naturalizations can be exposed > as entirely 'un-natural' ...that is constructed for a purpose. This is not > to say however, that our response to these mechanisms of power are any less > dangerous or don't attempt to naturalize their mechanisms as well...what is > needed is constant critical attention to the discourses that are created to > surround people and an awareness that every person coming to the > relationship has an agenda... > > Christina Martens > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Disability-Research Discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Larry Arnold > Sent: 30 September 2006 09:42 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: The ADHD FRAUD: How Psychiatry Makes "Patients" of Normal > Children > > > But $cientology is not an independant body, it is a cult invented by a > science fiction writer who grew rich from its fraudulent claims. > > As for deconstructing the medical gaze, I am quite busy doing that, it > surprises me therefore when from time to time you seem to be employing it. > > Ultimately no disease of any type exists, they are all constructs of one > kind or another, however a construct can still kill you, war for instance > being one such example. > > I am against misuse and over use of pysciatric pharmacology and I agree that > multinational drug companies are not much better at times than the spammers > who try and sell you viagra, however being against one thing does not mean > one should be for something else which is equally corrupt and exploits the > distrust that people legitimatly have with the pysciatric system. > > Larry > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: The Disability-Research Discussion List > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Colin REvell > > Sent: 30 September 2006 13:27 > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: The ADHD FRAUD: How Psychiatry Makes "Patients" of Normal > > Children > > > > > > Mitzi ND OTHERS > > > > Has not all 'reseaarchers' not got hidden-agendas? What are their motives > > and drives? > > Do you really trust the multi national pharma companies to tell us the > > truth? > > Can we really trust the psychiatric and psychology discourses? > > As not psychiatry got close links with the multi-national pharma > > companies? > > Who funds their research and their drugs and therapies, like > > Ritalin, Prozac > > etc? > > > > I HAVE ALWAYS CAMPAIGNED FOR AN 'INDEPENDENT' RESEARCH BODY IN > > THIS COUNTRY > > AND ACROSS THE WORLD WHICH IS NOT MOTIVATED BY 'MONEY AND GREED' AND 'WE' > > CAN ALL RE-LEARN TO 'TRUST' AND CAN REASSURE THE HUMAN RACE > > > > As Foucualt said, that we have to deconstruct all discourses that > > are under > > the 'medical-gaze'. > > > > Where is the 'real' POWER? > > > > Yours > > > > Colin > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Download the new Windows Live Toolbar, including Desktop search! > > http://toolbar.live.com/?mkt=en-gb > > > > ________________End of message______________________ > > This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre > > for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds > > (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). 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