[Magdalen] Lubitz.

[Ann Markle]

Where is the "like" button when you need it?  I think perhaps some Lenten
over-sensitivity is coming into play again.  Please, let's not get
fractious.  The guy was a wacko, whether or not he was mentally ill -- and
that's not completely clear at this time.  There are plenty of mentally ill
people who are wacko, and plenty who are not.  These are not synonymous,
but can and do overlap sometimes.

Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
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On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 2:22 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I've been staying out of this discussion largely because I can see both
> sides, but wacko and retard seem to me to be of a totally different
> nature/degree. Retard was a widely used/accepted term for the mentally
> challenged when I was growing up. We have learned to be more sensitive to
> such persons whose challenges are not of their own making. I would not use
> the term wacko to simply describe a person with other mental health issues
> either, but I willingly use it to describe persons whose beliefs/attitudes
> I consider ludicrous (e.g. Ted Cruz) whether or NOT they are are diagnosed
> with mental health issues. Anyone who is willing to kill 150 people in a
> single act qualifies IMNSHO.
>
> On Sunday, March 29, 2015, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Allan,
> > I'm not disagreeing with anything you're saying, just with the use of the
> > term "wacko." To me that trivializes and ridicules what is a tragic
> illness.
> > It's like calling someone who is developmentally challenged a "retard."
> >
> > YMMV, of course.
>