Have any of you been paying attention to this? Tom Cruise has been all over the US media, supposed to be promoting the War of the Worlds film but has spent most of his time spouting off the Scientology screed about the evils of the psychiatric profession. At the risk of offending any cult members out there, I am thoroughly pissed off at this high-school drop-out trying to promote his cult's obsession with drugs and the practice of psychology. I was really eager to go see this movie this weekend but now I'm boycotting it. I've seen far too many sufferers of mental disorders get help from prescription drugs and now this wee little man is out there telling the world that it's evil. (insert string of profanity here). Here's a link explaining Scientology's obsession with psychiatry:
http://slate.msn.com/id/2121391/
JerBer38530.795The guy is a gullible and brainless d*ckhead.. simple as that.. if we all ignore him, maybe he'll go away.I agree that Cruise is arrogant and self opinionated. There IS such a thing as a chemical imbalance and I don't see any medical training in his record that supports his claim of knowing what he is talking about.
Bluebird, I agree that there are a lot of doctors (not just psychiatrists) out there who are also arrogant, rude, and talk down to "lesser mortals" like those of us with no medical training. This is something I used to tolerate. Now I am older and wiser and I won't put up with being spoken to like an idiot by a doctor who is supposed to be helping me. I only hire......yes hire is the right word......doctors who treat me with respect, don't keep me waiting for hours because they want to make sure they're fully booked, and keep me informed. I would encourage anyone else to speak up if they feel like their doc is not respectful of a patient's time and intelligence.
Tom Cruise's opinion matters less to me than every person who posted above this note, and every person who posts below.Opinions are just that....
I work at a Grocery store and was talking to a fellow employee today about how sad it is with the amount of rags stacked at each register that perpetuate how great celebrities lives are. People's need for stimulation vicariously is sad. ADD is a crux.....what about tabloid, soap opera, gossip rag addicts, that is an undisclosed affliction as of yet!
Brad is banging Angelina....good for Brad, er, Angelina, depending on the sex you ask.
As for Scientology pertaining to Tom and (the precious) Katie. I ask, what do you people know of the subject? I think there are portions of the "tech" that are phenomonal. I also find large portions unpalatable, but won't blindly critisize it. Anyone, who will blindly attempt to villify the entry level tech, should be ready to vilify many other religious practices...namely, Catholic confession booths.
IN MY HUMBLE OPINION............Demonizing Scientology without subjective reality on it is no different than people who think ADD is a cop-out! Although, I am a firm believer the "Church Of Scientolgy" is a fascist organization corrupting the good the "tech" could do for people!
I am pissed that Katie won't be calling me anytime soon, though!
Later all!
[QUOTE=unbreakable]i can't totally disagree. we all know the FDA is a multi billion dollar industry, and that only happens if poeple remain on medications. your doctor only makes money if you continue to see them, so they are going to give you as little info as possible to keep you coming back.
Cruise: But what happens, the antidepressant, all it does is mask the problem. There's ways, [with] vitamins and through exercise and various things... I'm not saying that that isn't real. That's not what I'm saying. That's an alteration of what I'm saying. I'm saying that drugs aren't the answer, these drugs are very dangerous. They're mind-altering, antipsychotic drugs. And there are ways of doing it without that so that we don't end up in a brave new world. The thing that I'm saying about Brooke is that there's misinformation, okay. And she doesn't understand the history of psychiatry. She doesn't understand in the same way that you don't understand it, Matt. [/QUOTE]
what would tom know about depression??? isn't money the best anti-depressant? I know a few of his millions would sure cheer me up!
[QUOTE=GarbagePailKid]I thought the poor seek god... [/QUOTE]
Yeah it's the rich who seek money. That's why they're rich.
[QUOTE=unbreakable] [QUOTE=chazz][QUOTE=unbreakable]i can't totally disagree. we all know the FDA is a multi billion dollar industry, and that only happens if poeple remain on medications. your doctor only makes money if you continue to see them, so they are going to give you as little info as possible to keep you coming back.
Cruise: But what happens, the antidepressant, all it does is mask the problem. There's ways, [with] vitamins and through exercise and various things... I'm not saying that that isn't real. That's not what I'm saying. That's an alteration of what I'm saying. I'm saying that drugs aren't the answer, these drugs are very dangerous. They're mind-altering, antipsychotic drugs. And there are ways of doing it without that so that we don't end up in a brave new world. The thing that I'm saying about Brooke is that there's misinformation, okay. And she doesn't understand the history of psychiatry. She doesn't understand in the same way that you don't understand it, Matt. [/QUOTE]
what would tom know about depression??? isn't money the best anti-depressant? I know a few of his millions would sure cheer me up!
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you must be broke....lol money brings more problems than just about anything.
the poor seek wealth, the rich seek god, and the wise seek tranquility & nbsp;
God is alive and well in the prisons of america, Unfortunately once the violators leave their pal god gets left inside until he's conveniently needed once again
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I"m poor no matter how much money I have. You could give me a million today and I'd be penniless tommorrow
[QUOTE=chazz][QUOTE=unbreakable]i can't totally
disagree. we all know the FDA is a multi billion dollar industry,
and that only happens if poeple remain on medications. your
doctor only makes money if you continue to see them, so they are going
to give you as little info as possible to keep you coming back.
Cruise:
But what happens, the antidepressant, all it does is mask the
problem. There's ways, [with] vitamins and through exercise and
various things... I'm not saying that that isn't real.
That's not what I'm saying. That's an alteration of what I'm
saying. I'm saying that drugs aren't the answer, these drugs are
very dangerous. They're mind-altering, antipsychotic drugs. And
there are ways of doing it without that so that we don't end up in a
brave new world. The thing that I'm saying about Brooke is that there's
misinformation, okay. And she doesn't understand the history of
psychiatry. She doesn't understand in the same way that you don't
understand it, Matt. [/QUOTE]
what would tom know about depression??? isn't money the best anti-depressant? I know a few of his millions would sure cheer me up!
[/QUOTE][QUOTE=GarbagePailKid]I thought the poor seek god... [/QUOTE]
Not this one. Just gimme some money....
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