David Gerard wrote:
Karl A. Krueger wrote:
When people attempt to explain other people's
actions in terms of
psychological disorders or oddities, it seems to me that it often
reflects a lack of respect or human sympathy for the people thus
diagnosed.
[snip long post not addressing the point at all]
Gosh, I guess that means we can't call obvious problem cases obvious
problem cases, and certainly can't try to address the actual problem,
because it might be rude to do so. Thanks for clearing that up.
- d.
On a similar topic, I would like to know if anyone has added "Wikipedia
is not a counseling or rehabilitation centre" to [[WP:NOT]] yet. We're
here to write an encyclopaedia, not deal with people who have issues,
however deserving of our help and/or sympathy they may be. If they need
help, the Befrienders, Alcoholics' Anonymous, and other such
organisations are in /that/ direction.
I don't believe people should attribute to insanity what can be
attributed to ignorance or plain dickery, but when the insanity/problem
is obvious, we shouldn't kid ourselves.
John