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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
What are you talking about? And what does age have to do with anything? You think I am lieing about my contributions to my community. I surely hope not. How does my attitude have anything to do the legitimacy of my arguements? Ones opinion is now posturing?
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Well, I certainly hope you're not lying. But the fact is, people DO lie on internet message boards. They also use the shield of anonymity to hurl epithets at one another instead of debating one another on the merits of their arguments. I have no idea who you are--but I have now counted numerous times where you've done just this. Everyone's entitled to their opinion, and a discussion forum is a great place for people to express themselves. But the discussion becomes pointless quickly if you can't remain civil.
You commented that you thought substance abuse caused mental illness. I can only assume that you have no experience with mental illness, and that's not your fault. In fact, the opposite is true: mental illness often leads to substance abuse. If you do a little research, you'll discover that this is supported by the literature--but it's also intuitively true, if you try to empathize for a moment with a person who's mentally ill.
Many people in society believe mental illness to be equivalent to moral weakness. The fact is, mental illness is a huge social problem. One of the main problems with mental illness is something that hasn't been mentioned on this board: people with less money receive a much lower quality of care for their illness.