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Title: Why does this remind me of the House of Commons?
Post by: Nick on March 05, 2008, 10:03:18 AM

 rubschin:

http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/186/4/356 (http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/186/4/356)

Title: Re: Why does this remind me of the House of Commons?
Post by: Uncle Mort on March 05, 2008, 11:04:11 AM

Is it because most of the policies enacted there are at leat a hundred years out of date?

Title: Re: Why does this remind me of the House of Commons?
Post by: Snoopy on March 05, 2008, 11:09:03 AM

I cannot imagine.  whistle:

Title: Re: Why does this remind me of the House of Commons?
Post by: Nick on March 05, 2008, 11:13:17 AM

Quote from: Uncle Mort on March 05, 2008, 11:04:11 AM

Is it because most of the policies enacted there are at leat a hundred years out of date?

Or becuase idiots and the feeble minded have to be housed somewhere safe?

Title: Re: Why does this remind me of the House of Commons?
Post by: Uncle Mort on March 05, 2008, 11:27:01 AM

No, that's too obvious.

Title: Re: Why does this remind me of the House of Commons?
Post by: Nick on March 05, 2008, 11:29:28 AM

sorry redface:

I quite like the un-PC terminology though. Strangely refreshing!

Title: Re: Why does this remind me of the House of Commons?
Post by: Uncle Mort on March 05, 2008, 12:01:48 PM

So did I  redface:

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For practical purposes these defectives may be classified as idiots and low-grade imbeciles, unimprovable or improvable in but slight degree, and mainly in self-help; imbeciles of higher grade, capable of being trained to such a degree as to be partially self-supporting; and the mentally feeble capable of training to the extent of being self-supporting

So we have, in order:

idiots
low-grade imbeciles
imbeciles of higher grade
mentally feeble

and then , I assume, the rest of us.

Title: Re: Why does this remind me of the House of Commons?
Post by: Nick on March 05, 2008, 12:07:01 PM

I wouldn't use the phrase "rest of us" too lightly! eveilgrin: