Re: Apology for a mistake (Man Sentenced in radioactive Poisoning

[Thomas M Lashley <lashleyt@dteenergy.com>]

Ok Melissa, it's time to step-in and put a stop to this thread!!!!

Tom Lashley
LashleyT@DTEenergy.com

Neon John wrote:

> >
> >         Well up to a point.  But doesn't the organisation have a
> > responsibility to ensure it doesn't employ psychos?  And that the people who
> > ARE employed are treated well in order to reduce their chances of turning
> > psycho?  BTW, I think that Mcdonalds coffee case was stupid too.
>
> Define phycho.  Major League BAseball has decided that the Atlanta
> braves pitcher is phycho for his saying that he didn't like being
> around the people who populate the NYC subway.  George Orwell
> demonstrated how the government can define psycho.  I just happen to
> be reading a book called "The Nazi Doctors" which is a definitive
> history on the Nazi's medical abuses.   There, the program got
> underway by defining the "idiots" as phychos who should be
> euthanized.  They expanded the definition until just being Jewish or
> a suspected gypsy was enough.
>
> Do we really want institutions, government or otherwise, a priori
> defining what in the range of human behavior is considered phycho?
> I think not.  How 'bout we do it again like we used to do - assume
> everyone is OK and punish only those who step out of line?
>
> John
>
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