Matthew Israel of the Judge Rotenberg Center has been posting a link to his response to Jennifer Gonnerman’s article titled "School of Shock." This is a rebuttal of said response. Every surgical, dental or medical treatment involves discomfort, risks or costs on the one hand, and expected benefits on the other. For most persons a reasonable approach is to weigh the discomfort/risks/costs against the potential benefits in deciding whether to undergo or approve the treatment.There’s a clear difference between the JRC’s "treatment" and surgical, dental or medical treatment. First of all, infliction of pain is not a means to an end in any of the analogies mentioned. Pain is simply a side-effect of the treatment. Furthermore, in each of these cases, measures are taken to reduce discomfort. That’s what anasthesia is for! So the analogy is poor. I’m leaving aside whether the behaviors "treated" are true medical conditions in all cases, and whether the "trea...
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Change in Comment PolicyFrom: autismnaturalvariation.blogspot.com
Post Date: 2008-04-10 10:00:00
This doesn’t mean that this blog is necessarily becoming active again, but I’ve decided I need to change my comment policy, as you can see in the blog’s description above. The new policy is basically the same lenient policy I’ve had before specifically designed to encourage critical comments and rebuttals. In general, comments are not deleted unless they clearly violate Blogger’s content policy . Messages that violate the policy include things like spam, threats of...
more Pleasantly Surprised by David Kirby and Dan OlmstedFrom: autismnaturalvariation.blogspot.com
Post Date: 2008-04-09 00:12:00
Orac over at Respectful Insolence has received a response to his open letter to David Kirby and Dan Olmsted regarding the Seidel Subpoena. Their response reads as follows.We both take this matter very seriously, and strongly oppose any effort to subpoena the records of Ms. Kathleen Seidel. We have also clearly expressed our feelings to Mr. Shoemaker. While we may not agree with her opinions, we consider Ms. Seidel to be a colleague. Rights to privacy, and to free speech as guaranteed by the ...
more Conficts of Interest DisclosureFrom: autismnaturalvariation.blogspot.com
Post Date: 2008-04-06 08:42:00
As everyone knows, a couple of worthless pieces of shit from the mercury militia have gone after Kathleen and another blogger by means of legal bullying, with the presumed intention to not only silence two important voices of dissent but also to chill much of the neurodiversity and skeptical blogsphere. After Kathleen was subpoenaed , she filed a top-notch motion to quash, where she happened to disclose the sort of revenue that is generated by running the site neurodiversity.com (incidenta...
more Clifford Shoemaker, What a Dick, Plus Other ViewsFrom: autismnaturalvariation.blogspot.com
Post Date: 2008-04-04 03:03:00
I’ve decided to interrupt this blog’s hiatus to bring you an important message; one that is actually uncharacteristic for this blog. And that is this: Clifford Shoemaker is a dick-face. In my opinion, that is. Now let’s go over select opinions on the matter around the blogsphere. Pooflingers Anonymous in Another Day, Another Gasket... For shitbag lawyer Clifford Shoemaker: grow the fuck up and stop being a fucking thug... or eat a big, steaming pile of my favorite dish. I ...
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