Guest guest Posted June 26, 1998 Report Share Posted June 26, 1998 > >Hi All > >This is part of a post i made to addict-l: > >I have a little idea of writing a burlesque verion of 1984 >called " 2412 " where steppers rule the planet, BB means " Big >Book " instead of " Big Brother " , and Stanton Peele is the >Goldstein figure (if youve not read the book, the >perpetually hunted leader of supposed subversive >opponents). The >anti-hero is " - " instead of Winston , the >slogans on the Ministry of Truth are: > > " Surrender is Victory " > > " Disease is Health " > >and > > " Questions are Stupid " > >instead of " Freedom is Slavery " , " War is Peace " , and > " Ignorance is Strength " . > >Note the similarity to the Orwell's original slogans, *and* >to existing *A philosophy. the first and third are almost > " straight AA " . With the obsession with the Disease Model >and the importance of accepting it for recovery, the second >could almost be a slogan too. > > >One slogan I like is " AA isnt for those who need it, it's >for those who want it. " > >I'm *fine* with that. unfortunately, dodecamania has >resulted in courts and employers forcing ppl to attend, or >spouses being advised to tell their partner that they will >leave (or throw them out) unless they attend one of the *A >groups. It dominates the addiction treatment field vastly >in excess of any justification in results and science - and >sweeping, completely unsubstantiated claims of universal >applicability, necessity, and effectiveness are claimed for >all ppl at all times. > >Imho all of this is wrong and deadly. It needs to be >challenged. if saying the world goes round the sun hurts >ppl's religious beliefs - tough - the truth needs to be >said. If silly ideas are being touted as beneficial - >particularly with so much as a hint of any claim to >scientific value - that silliness needs to be exposed. > >Pete Hi Pete Great comparison! Thanks for the fun. I like the idea about exchanging newsgroups, too. I really don't care where I post. It does matter to some people, however, especially those freshly abused, to have a reasonalby clean, well-lit place to post. Sincerely, " ... uniqueness IS the person. To snuff out uniqueness is to try to snuff out people. " Joe Berenbaum ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---- Read this list on the Web at http://www.FindMail.com/list/12-step-free/ To unsubscribe, email to 12-step-free-unsubscribe@... To subscribe, email to 12-step-free-subscribe@... -- Start a FREE E-Mail List at http://makelist.com ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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