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736 Singer's views -- rank: 1000

>On Wednesday, June 5, 2002, at 05:42 PM, Jeffrey Fisher wrote: > > >meant to send some of the below with the above, but accidentally hit send. > >"Before about two years of age, no one has experiences that can be >consciously recalled in later life. Consistent with my >interpretation, this period of "infant amnesia" stops at about the >same time that children begin to show self-recognition. As would be >expected, the onset of an autobiographical memo ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Thu Jun 6 09:53:37 PDT 2002

737 Singer protest -- rank: 1000

> >It seems to me though that one does require some sort of criteria for >personhood, more or less along the lines that Singer is suggesting, >if one is going to argue for the moral acceptability of abortion. >Otherwise, >it becomes very easy to argue that fetuses are persons too, and so >entitled to the same sort of right to life that we ascribe to young >infants. >Again, how can the DREDF avoid taking an anti-abortion stance for >consistency's sake, given their st ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 6 09:45:13 PDT 2002

738 Singer protest -- rank: 1000

>On Wed, 5 Jun 2002 09:10:08 -0700 Marta Russell <ap888 at lafn.org> writes: > > > Statement of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund >> (DREDF) >> >> > >> >> According to Singer, to be ethical, we must treat all "persons" >> according to moral guidelines. But not all humans are "persons" in >> his view. Singer claims that in order to be "persons" and to deserve >> moral considera ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Jun 5 15:54:17 PDT 2002

739 Singer's views -- rank: 1000

>> > Singer's calculus of "happiness" is that of a moron. There is no relation >>> between being a perfect object and happinesss. >> >>There are certainly a great number of maladies that can detract from human >>happiness. We've all endured our share, I'm sure. However, this doesn't >>even begin to touch upon Singer's strongest conclusion: entities with no >>conception of self aren't persons. To claim otherwise, one must make >> ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Jun 5 15:42:43 PDT 2002

740 Singer's views -- rank: 1000

>----- Original Message ----- >From: "joanna bujes" <joanna.bujes at ebay.sun.com> > > >> Singer's calculus of "happiness" is that of a moron. There is no relation >> between being a perfect object and happinesss. > >There are certainly a great number of maladies that can detract from human >happiness. We've all endured our share, I'm sure. However, this doesn't >even begin to touch upon Singer's strongest conclusion: entities wit ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Jun 5 15:39:33 PDT 2002

741 Singer -- rank: 1000

>At 12:00 PM 06/05/2002 -0400, you wrote: >>Disability Rights Advocates to Stage Protest Against Peter Singer >>When: June 7, 2002 >>6:00 PM >>Where: Calvin Simmons Theater >>Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center > >Whoo weee, that's five blocks from my house!!! I'll do my best to make it. > >Suggestions for protest signs welcomed! > >Joanna GREAT! I forwarded your message on to one of the organizers -- they would know best what is needed. Feel free ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Jun 5 15:24:26 PDT 2002

742 Singer protest -- rank: 1000

From a lawyer friend in Berkeley- marta Peter Singer will appear in a debate later this week in Oakland. Here is a statement from the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) against his philosophy. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Against the Philosophy of Peter Singer Statement of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) The Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) is a national law and policy center dedicate ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Jun 5 09:10:08 PDT 2002

743 Protest against Singer's views -- rank: 1000

Since a few lboers live in CA. marta A CALL TO ACTION A protest is being held to challenge the ableist and offensive views of controversial bioethicist Dr. Peter Singer. His views have opened up a clamor of disgust, fear, and anger among disability rights advocates, especially after his vehemantly protested appointment as the head of the Bioethics Department at Princeton University. This protest will be an informational picket. For more info call (510) 841-6406 WE CANNOT ALLOW HIM TO COME TO TH ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Jun 5 09:08:47 PDT 2002

744 Howard Dean gets it -- rank: 1000

Vermont Gov. Howard Dean represented the National Governors Association before the Senate Special Committee on Aging to discuss issues concerning state Medicaid programs and the costs of long term care and the need to redefine the long term care model for states. Governor Dean's Testimony Senate Special Committee on Aging June 20, 2002 Thank you for inviting me today to speak on behalf of the National Governors Association. As this Committee well knows, the state Medicaid programs bear most cost ...

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Date:	Wed Jul 31 10:19:23 PDT 2002

745 disability population -- rank: 1000

>>>wojtek wrote: > >As was leaving home today, I encountered a mentally ill homeless >person (judging from the fact that he was constantly talking to >himself) waiting in the scorching heat for a church-run shelter >nearby to open. The shelter opens around 8PMM and closes early in >the morning. This is an epitome of private approach to mental >disability. It is so, because there is little money to be made in >tjis area, and private business is about making mo ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 29 10:29:30 PDT 2002

746 profits and premiums -- rank: 1000

This juxtaposition tells a story-- marta Increased Cost of Employee Health Coverage Impacts State's Midsized Companies the Most, Survey Finds Increased health insurance costs have "hurt the state's midsized companies hardest because they lack the power" of larger companies to negotiate reduced rates from insurers or the ability of small businesses to eliminate health benefits, according to a new industry survey, the Los Angeles Daily News reports. <http://www.californiahealthline.or ...

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Date:	Sat Jul 27 19:54:35 PDT 2002

747 drug withdrawal -- rank: 1000

Carrol wrote: >I was on Paxil (maximum dosage) for several years, and went off it with >no trouble. I don't doubt that it is causing trouble for some -- but >when a drug has effects (positive or negative) for only a part of those >who take it, then it would be difficult, I should think, to establish >any clear causal relationship. I think the percentage of people who have trouble is more like 75% or higher. Drugs like Klonopin, Ativan, etc are labeled addictive but there are som ...

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Date:	Sat Jul 27 18:32:40 PDT 2002

748 drug withdrawal -- rank: 1000

>Antidepressant Seroxat tops table of drug withdrawal symptoms >Sarah Boseley, health editor >Saturday July 27, 2002 >The Guardian > >Seroxat, the British-made antidepressant which outsells Prozac, >causes more people distressing >withdrawal problems when they try to stop taking it than any other >drug in the UK. > This is the same drug known as Paxil in the USA. There is a class action lawsuit challenging the drug corps claim that it is a non addictive drug. http: ...

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Date:	Sat Jul 27 13:36:30 PDT 2002

749 disability population -- rank: 1000

>Carol wrote: >I think a distinction needs to be made here. Misdiagnoses can have >various sources, only some of which are institutional, some of which are >merely human error, and some of which are a matter of the current scope >of medical knowledge. I think from the perspective of a half a century >or so _all_ current diagnoses of unipolar depression will be seen as >misdiagnosis. Unipolar depression _probably_ doesn't exist, it is merely >a "placeholder" as i ...

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Date:	Sat Jul 27 10:29:04 PDT 2002

750 Bankruptcy Bill - stalled for the moment -- rank: 1000

>Doug Henwood wrote: >> >> >> Where have the unions been on this? Why don't they have thousands of >> people in the streets and lobbying Congress? It'd give them a chance >> to look like they're defending the whole working class for a change. > >The AFL-CIO's reason for being is to keep people off the streets. That >is also the DP's reason for being. > >Carrol William Greider had a piece in the Nation about the corporate mess. He pointed out tha ...

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Date:	Sat Jul 27 10:18:39 PDT 2002