Posted by bulldog2 on January 18, 2009, at 8:22:08
In reply to Re: Are Psych meds given a bad rap?, posted by SLS on January 17, 2009, at 21:18:04
> > >The strong survive. Some that vent about drugs just won't make it. It's the fault of their genetics not the drugs. Some are born faulty in nature and are not meant to live. The weak in nature either die or get picked off by predators. In most cases the drugs have nothing to do with the outcome for these people. Some people just can't be fixed
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> > If this is true it is appalling that it is so.
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> Regardless of the weaknesses in our evolutionary physiologies in health and disease, humankind today does not require that the sick die. In fact, humankind as long ago as 40,000 years took care of its injured and elderly. The fossil record demonstrates this. It is not God's way to have Man kick the sickly out of the nest like some birds do. (If it were God's way for things to be otherwise, they would be otherwise). Caring for family and friends is hard-wired into our brains - as is altruism, I believe. So... whereas 40,000 years ago, Man used animal bones for splints, 40 seconds ago, Man used a synthetic balloon to save someones life while performing an angioplastic procedure.
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> The people who can't be fixed today help lay the groundwork so that people can be fixed tomorrow. It is the passion of Men to make this so.
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> - ScottPart of what I am saying is that too many blame meds for the progression of their disease when in fact it may just be genetics taking it's course. Had they never taken meds they probably would still be in the same state of deterioration.
Are we laying the seeds of our own destruction Scott? People with genetic defects are being kept alive and are now reproducing. Had nature taken it's course these genes would be taken out of the gene pool. Now the gene pool has the some very destructive genes. Our altruism may eventually come back to haunt us. We may begin to see more genetically based mental and physical illness manifest itself in the population.
I know this is a topic that is loaded with many emotional feelings.I didn't say the weak and sick should be allowed to die. But do we eventually have to look at laws to limit the ability of those with proven genetic diseases to reproduce? Is it fair to their children who than have to deal with these horrible illnesses?
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