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Old 06-11-2009, 06:10 PM   #308
Clodfobble
UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
 
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Originally Posted by Aliantha
Well just because UT is convinced is no reason for me to be also. I can think for myself as well.
Yes, but he's read the evidence. Have you? There is historical data available, there is "actual proof." But you have to look at it to come to a conclusion.

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Originally Posted by Aliantha
I think it'll be another 50 years or more before we really know if what we think is going on now actually is.
Better hope to God we're wrong, in that case. If things are the way we think they are, and nothing changes between now and then, in 50 years we'd be looking at an autism rate of 78%. There's a reason people are shouting that we can't afford to wait any longer on figuring this out.

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Originally Posted by Aliantha
Something that has been gnawing at my mind also is the fact that so many kids have been diagnosed with certain behavioural issues and put on medication to regulate and control those issues, and yet the number of teen suicides is on the rise.

Logically, if we’re heading in the right direction with these things, shouldn’t that figure be falling?

I know mental health issues aren’t the same as physical health issues, but they’re linked.
I certainly agree that's a sign that they're doing it wrong. Medicating the kids is not the long-term answer. Finding the root of the behavioral disorders is.
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