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Re:Bad behavior = disease... why not??

2007-06-06 10:52:40

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by UbuntuDupe (970646) * on Thursday December 14 2006, @10:07AM (#17236658)

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They use a more rigorous standard than that: how many people make how much

noise about whether it counts as a disease.

For example, homosexuality was scientifically proven to be a disease before the

70's. Then because of enough protests, it became scientifically disproven.

Likewise, fetishism is currently scientifically proven to be a disease, but if

enough people raise a stink, that will count as scientific disproof.

It works the other way too. Formerly it was scientfically proven that

alcoholism isn't a disease; people just get drunk a lot. Then because of enough

protests from people who didn't want to accept that their spouse is a lousy

human being who values physical pleasure over their family, it became

scientifically proven that it is a disease.

Give 'em some credit.