Welcome to The New World DisOrders -- They Are Legion.

 

 
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Reviews

[Gareth Hopkins]

Wow! So this is coming from the heart, huh? I have to admit, this made me laugh, not because I was genuinely amused, but because I've kind of been saying exactly the same thing for absolutely years. To be quite honest, I thought I was the only one...
That said, I have to agree wth some of the other reviewers, and whilst I agree whole-heartedly with what you're saying, you do kind of take a shovel to this one and beat the reader round the head with it, you know? From my point of view, I didn't mind (did I mention I agree with you?) but some of the 'sheep' are obviously going to have problems. Thanks for making me smile, though.

[Carol Maric]

Henry James, Herman Melville, and David Foster Wallace (among others) have been criticized for density of text such as this. Some people like Ernest Hemingway's concise style. This is simply a matter of taste. Also, writing can be executed in any state of mind--no particular state is preferable.

[Carol Maric]

Henry James, Herman Melville, and David Foster Wallace (among others) have been criticized for density of text such as this. Some people like Ernest Hemingway's concise style. This is simply a matter of taste. Also, writing can be executed in any state of mind--no particular state is preferable.

[Carol Maric]

Henry James, Herman Melville, and David Foster Wallace (among others) have been criticized for density of text such as this. Some people like Ernest Hemingway's concise style. This is simply a matter of taste. Also, writing can be executed in any state of mind--no particular state is preferable.

[Carol Maric]

Henry James, Herman Melville, and David Foster Wallace (among others) have been criticized for density of text such as this. Some people like Ernest Hemingway's concise style. This is simply a matter of taste. Also, writing can be executed in any state of mind--no particular state is preferable.

[J. Alfred Prufrock]

oops, sorry, i of course, meant piece

[J. Alfred Prufrock]

This was an interesting peace. In my opinion you have some issues that need to be addressed, but otherwise interesting thoughts. My suggestion refer to the text directly above them, unless enclosed in parenthesis with the text.





Welcome to �The New World DisOrders� -- They Are Legion.-

If Albert Einstein can be relegated to the ranks of "Autism" these days, then The New World does seem perilously close to (be��being�) upside down--as I have always suspected.

(What does that mean? �upside down�)

Does it not anger anyone else that many of the last two centuries' geniuses are now being labeled with various and sundry sicknesses in our current culture?

(A little awkward, but I get your point. However�and I am not taking sides, or saying that these people were or were not ill�but if they were, why should that anger anyone if it came to light? It would not detract from their accomplishments in any meaningful way; and we as a culture, should strive to align ourselves with the truth at any rate. If certain ideas and understandings are shown to be wrong then let it be known. Why are illusions that agree with the way we want the world to be, preferable to truths that contradict the world as we hope it is? )

How (�so very�-awkward and unneeded) convenient. (�I wonder what circumstances (�exactly�-not needed) bestowed them with their ailments in their own times . . . .�

(Awkward wording, fuzzy logic and structure. It�s unclear to the reader what you are wondering about precisely. I say this because everyone generally knows how ailments arise. So I would assume if you are doing some wondering, it�s about something a little more complex than what the reader gathers here from the way you phrase the thought. Ailments arise when some system in the body gets out of whack and does not work properly. Honestly, there is no mystery here, and it seems at first glance silly to be wondering about it. If you are alluding to something else more complex, or are trying to use sarcasm or irony, I such a way as to ask some other question, then you need to make that idea more clear. The way it reads now, it seems you�re asking were these people�s diseases came from--in other words, how they got them. Is that it? That�s another reason why �bestowed� is a bad choice, it leads the reader in this direction and I am not sure if that is the direction you wan the reader to go. If I am not getting your meaning here, please email me and clarify what you were trying to get at. You need to make your question more clear. Your reader should not have to decipher your meaning in an essay. The purpose of an essay is to prove a point or persuade someone to your way of seeing things, and you asking to much for them to wrap their mind around some grand thought, while also wading through confusing sentence structure. Also �bestowed" is not the right word here, not a common usage for this idea, and it comes across trying to artificially elevate the text. Don�t try so hard. You are smart, you know it, and the reader will know it if you articulate yourself in a more controlled manner. You prove nothing by using words that sound impressive, if they don�t fit well. Use common, every day language to describe common every day ideas.)

Too bad that we did not have a genuine Virginia Woolf brain scan, hot off the presses for analysis, in all its depressive full-color glory, before she dropped the big rock, because she could have been helped earlier, before she ever wrote any of those unfortunate books--even better.) This seems to be the Masses' (no, not just The Sheep) revenge: to on one hand, either entirely ignore geniuses, or on the other, to use them for all they are worth to society, subsequently disclaiming them (and on to the next) with psychiatric labeling, so that they can look down their collective noses, and feel superior for being so f*****g HEALTHY on all their Meds--what progress and evolution.

( I�m sorry, this is awkward also. Slow down, gather your thoughts, and try to present them in a concise, controlled, flowing manner. That is what the art of writing is all about. I would suggest buying a book of well-written essay, and observing the flow, and organization of ideas.)

One cannot watch television (and believe me, I usually have not for many years now, aside from the occasional new popular war here or major catastrophe there; then it is CNN, but of course (is there anything better?))--especially any major network news hour--without having to suffer through various commercials for this Pill and that Pill claiming to cure this Sickness and that Ailment (many of which are psychic "illnesses") replete with quickly mumbled long lists of disclaimers of side effects (so long that one would wonder why anyone in ones right mind (Errr . . . Ummm) would risk such possible calamities and destruction to get better); illnesses are only euphemistically referred to,

(you over use parenthesis too much. Work what you need to say into the sentence structure. If you feel compelled to use parenthesis, then that is an indication that you are trying to squeeze to many ideas into one sentence, and that�s what makes it awkward. Instead, break it up into related ideas that flow one to the other.)

but we are somehow supposed to get the subtle cues via cultural osmosis, and ongoing subconscious intravenous feeding. Everyone, and ones grandmother, is encouraged to obtain the help of a therapist--why should anyone remain "ill" needlessly? I have read and heard enough journalists and interviewed self-help authors featured in reputable newspapers, magazines, books, and on radio programs, television, etc. to suss the milieu of the past fifteen years--at least--and to see the direction of this culture--the Message being, in this regard:

Just get help and take the pills needed to continue to work and function "normally."

Most major life decisions are influenced by economics--do not even get me started on this concept right now, I say . . . . The quick fix of suppressing the symptom(s), and ignoring the cause(s)--this is done with rampant cancer these days as well: the fact that many more children, even, are falling prey to, and dying of cancer somehow is not alarming enough; nor are the higher rates of medicated young children and teenagers, on encouraged substances such as Ritalin and Prozac, their brains still physically growing, affected in development, and having little say in these decisions because they are not of legal age. Yes, start them young, and keep them quiet; who cares what might REALLY be distressing them all?!: No one is actually supposed to have a reaction to disturbing circumstances, feel what one is really feeling, and perhaps make decisions based upon these thoughts and emotions anymore, because it might be too inconvenient for immediate family, and the economic society as a whole.

If people consciously WANT to take these prescribed pills, fine; but it is becoming much harder to put up a fight by saying F**k Off, I DO NOT, without appearing ill, by the very action of resisting their "Help."

Yes, surely we should be convinced that if all the unhealthy geniuses would just take their pills early and often, as prescribed, along with everyone else, that the world will be a better place for the Future of Humanity.


� Carol Maric

ok, like a said, interesting thoughts, that would be more interesting if writen a little more clearly and concisely. The effort it takes to wade through this, detracts from a full appreciation of the ideas you are trying to convey. Good luck, there were some other problems along the same lines as the ones I pointed out. I hope these suggestions are helpful for you. cheers

[Edward Vidaurre]

And to think that now people want to abort their childs if they have a slight chance of having a deformnity or ailment..tell it to Beethoven's mother..

Great piece!

[John Braswell]

You nailed it---I couldn't agree more

[Valerie Moran]

What the pharmaceutical companies are doing to our children is horrific. It is not only this sickening culture of disease, but the denaturing of our food as well. I think both go hand in hand, as long as nutritional standards are lowered and populations kept unhealthy, there will be reason enough to believe in the culture of disease.

[Juliette Cross]

i laugh at those commercials. i like the ones that say "taking this pill may cause blindness, infertility, measles, mumps, and herpes" in a really light, airy voice! everyones so happy that they're not crazy but they may go blind. its a riot.