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Malkah — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:08:46 GMT

is by far the least interesting to me. If the class could manage to stay a little more focused on the fact that we're studying what's happening in their brains, and not that they're "oh so adoreable!" and any past tests seemed so "cruel! oh my god that's so mean!" (woman please. did you pay attention to what they do to animals? if that's the worst this child experiences in life, the better for him. but it was fucked up to train a child to be afraid of mink coats... i'd be pist too....) Perhaps it's the fact that this forces me to think about the responsibility and qualifications required to bring up happy, healthy, well balanced individuals without stifling them or letting them be too free. Unintentionally I wonder, "Will I ever be qualified?" I don't want to think about that right now . ._. anyhow. how do online classes tend to go? i'm tired of the comments... and why is it that no one gets bothered by the fact that they can make a dog depressed in a day and a half putting it in a double bind situation, but if they did it to a human they'd be outraged? I'm still rolling the ideas of ethics in my head trying to figure out how I really feel about it. I suppose that if I can accept research in the past that has been unethical to humans, -especially- children who had no say, I can deal with the fact that the research on animals has been no less forgiving, and more physically harsh, if for the sake of progression. I do not condone it, but I can't change it, so I wont get hung up on the fact that it happened. *sigh* It just sets my justice meter off when it's something as cognizant as a dog. Hope springs eternal in the animal heart, it hurts to see something like that broken. Does it make me inhuman to see it happen in a human? Is it worse to be traumatized in a white lab, or on the street? Is it equal? Is the damage adjustable either way? Are people who never recover from childhood trauma weak and unmotivated, or are their chemicals really screwed beyond all hope? Dr Forehand made the point that there is no difference between thought and chemical, and that what you have spent years learning and practicing, will take much time to unlearn. ._. Just how do you make this shit tick backwards and into health? I guess first hand experiment with change in attitude, lifestyle, diet, exercise, and chemical will be a big determination on my point of view. Perhaps if I turn it into a personal case study I'll be more successful. How odd. To become healthy I wish to be a stranger and harsher task master unto myself. Perhaps this is getting to know ones self? schisse. I don't know. I'll just be happy if it means I move to the East Bay by late Jan, early Feb and have enough money to make it down to Pervz for my birthday with Ava in tow. ^.^ *sigh* a 4 year old's take on love "When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth." (http://www.flatrock.org.nz/topics/relationships/what_does_love_mean.htm) lovelove

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Malkah — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:27:17 GMT

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