Fairy-Ass Psychia-Hoes in Tsunami-ville ("GO AWAY, WE WANT *REAL* HELP")

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Subject: [SpinLyme] STEVE SOLDZ---APA Fags can't stop thinking about
their own fairy asses....

Date: Jan 17, 2008 11:13 PM

(OP-ED below)


THIS is amazing. Tutu-fruities dancing around the issue for years,
can't sign
a resolution without careful wording without ultra careful scrutiny
cuz it's
***ALL ABOUT THEM.***

We can assume that they won't add to their revised-ad-infinitum
"resolution"
(that's taken what 4 years to decide?) a clause where they'll refuse
to
perjure themselves to cover each other's malpractasses, nor commit to
only saying
whatever is SCIENTIFICALLY VALID under oath, especially as regards
"all Rx
psychotropics causing the same brain damage as street drugs," or
anything at
all that remotely resembles what's in the best interest of humanity at
large,
including American citizens.

This is a riot. Their own bullshit existence tortures them and they
can't see
it. They come to a test of the measure of their manhood with great
quotes and the
appearance of a noble action, but they can't make the leap. They have
no courage.

How about the cruel and degrading abuse of Lyme victims? The
insurance companies
regularly deploy these non-scientist psychiatric fags to imaginate
that "the
real reason we have Lyme is because we're not getting enough sex,"
and
that passes for a judgment which denies us any medical treatment,
EVER, and a loss
of the Long Term Disability insurance benefits.

Hundreds of thousands of us, every year. Lyme, FM, Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome, Gulf
War Illness, etc, all get the same psycho-pervert abuse.

I wish they would all resolve to collectively jump off the San
Francisco Bay Bridge
and put an end to our misery. The soldiers put their lives on the
line, get their
bodies cooked with vaccines and other poisons, and their brains fried
for them physically
and chemically... then are abused by these psycho perverts, who DON'T
EVER ACTUALLY
*DO* *ANYTHING,*

But we have to read about the poor things' struggle for 4 years about
signing
onto their resolve to never train the CIA in how to abuse people,
which is something
these psychiatroperves have a naturally ability to do and do every
single day with
their ***mind-raping twisted garbage*** that they are free to pull out
of the ozone
of their little pea brains and never have to answer for the "is" of
anything,
since it's all imaginary and according to their clearly fairy ass self-
centered
whims.

I wish people could see it. After the 2004 tsunami some psychiatrists
went over
their to Aceh, Indonesia to help with the "trauma," and the people
there
said, "We don't want any of your psychiatric crap, we want *REAL*
help."

Kathleen M. Dickson

================

OpEdNews

Original Content at http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_stephen__080117_american_and_califor.htm

January 17, 2008

American and California Psychological Associations move to gut bill on
interrogations

By Stephen Soldz

A major battle is shaping up in California where a coalition is
working to remove
health providers from participating in military and CIA
interrogations. I have written
recently about efforts in the California legislature to get health
professionals,
psychologists included, out of interrogation of enemy combatants.
Senator Ridley-Thomas
has introduced a resolution that would request the military and CIA to
remove all
California licenses health providers from involvement in
interrogations. [For arguments
in favor of the Resolution, see the Physicians for Human Rights letter
to the Senate
committee.] There was a hearing on Monday (January 14) at which
proponents of the
Resolution spoke. At this hearing the California Psychological
Association (CPA)
and the American Psychological Association (APA) together proposed a
revised resolution.
While appearing to be a slight modification, the APA-CPA revisions
would completely
gut the Resolution.

In particular, by inserting three words [bolded below], the APA/CPA
entirely change
the meaning of the critical Resolved clause. Rather than follow the
American Medical
Association and the American Psychiatric Association and state that
involvement
in interrogations is in conflict with the ethics of a health
profession, they would
turn this into another vacuous statement against torture, as if
everyone, even those
who order it, doesn't claim to be against torture:

Resolved, That the Legislature hereby requests the United States
Department
of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency to remove all
California-licensed
health professionals, including, but not limited to, physicians and
psychologists,
from participating in any way in prisoner and detainee interrogations
that involve
torture, in view of their respective ethical obligations, the record
of abusive
interrogation practices, and the Legislature's interest in protecting
California
health professionals from the risk of criminal liability; and be it
further


The APA-CPA revision would make this Resolution even weaker than APA
resolutions,
which condemn not only torture, but the similar but legally distinct
"cruel,
inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment."

Notice also that, in order to make this change palatable, they totally
distort the
fundamental guidelines of the World Medical Association, as you can
see from the
language they want remove, here indicated by italics:

WHEREAS, The World Medical Association (WMA) issued guidelines
stating that
physicians shall not use nor allow to be used their medical knowledge
or skills,
or health information specific to individuals, to facilitate or
otherwise aid any
interrogation, legal or illegal; and

WHEREAS, The guidelines issued by the WMA also state that
physicians shall not
participate in or facilitate torture or other forms of cruel, inhuman,
or degrading
procedures of prisoners or detainees in any situations;


In the category of the humorous, if it wasn't an indicator of how
closely allied
with the military the APA is, is that they remove the word "military"
from a phrase pointing to the clear record that psychologists
participated in abuse

WHEREAS, Evidence in the public record indicates that certain
military psychologists,
working on behalf of the United States government, participated in the
design and
implementation of psychologically abusive interrogation methods used
at Guantanamo
Bay, in Iraq, and elsewhere, including sleep deprivation, long-term
isolation, sexual
and cultural humiliation, forced nudity, induced hypothermia and other
temperature
extremes, stress positions, sensory bombardment, manipulation of
phobias, force-feeding
hunger strikers, and more.


Also in the category of macabre humor is the APA's wish to revise
history and
strike "psychologists" from the list of professionals reported to have
participated in abuse:

WHEREAS, in 2002, for the first time in American history, the Bush
administration
initiated a radical new policy allowing the torture of prisoners of
war and other
captives with confirmed reports from the International Red Cross, The
New England
Journal of Medicine, The Lancet (British medical journal), military
records and
first-person accounts stating that California licensed physicians,
psychologists,
and nurses have participated in torture or its cover up against
detainees in U.S.
custody


They are correct, of course, that it was not only military
psychologists who participated
in abuse, as CIA and CIA consultants are also known to have
participated in torture
and abuse. Yet they add the word military when they suggest adding a
largely false
statement [only one psychologist, Michael Gelles, is clearly
documented to have
objected to abuse, and Gelles was a civilian, not a "military"
psychologist
at the time] about psychologists objecting to abuse:

while evidence in the public record also indicates that certain
military psychologists
objected to the use of such methods


Here is the entire revised CPA-APA draft of the Resolution. Language
they want removed
is indicated with italics, while that they added is bolded:

RESOLUTION: MILITARY TORTURE AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
(Draft: 1-3-08)

WHEREAS, the citizens of the United States of America and the
residents of the
State of California acknowledge January 15th as the birthday of Dr.
Martin Luther
King, Jr. and mark the third Monday in January as a federal and state
holiday to
commemorate his life work as a Civil Rights leader, activist and an
internationally
acclaimed proponent of human rights who warned: "He who passively
accepts evil
is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it," and

WHEREAS, in 2002, for the first time in American history, the Bush
administration
initiated a radical new policy allowing the torture of prisoners of
war and other
captives with confirmed reports from the International Red Cross, The
New England
Journal of Medicine, The Lancet (British medical journal), military
records and
first-person accounts stating that California licensed physicians,
psychologists,
and nurses have participated in torture or its cover up against
detainees in U.S.
custody; and

WHEREAS, in honor of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
a broad coalition
of medical, human rights and legal organizations are petitioning the
State of California
to warn its medical licensees of the legal prohibitions against
torture and the
risks of prosecution, and are demanding that the U.S. Government
remove California
doctors and psychologists from interrogation and torture of detainees;
and

WHEREAS, Dr. King challenged Americans to remain true to their
most basic values,
stating: "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in
moments of
comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and
controversy,"
and

WHEREAS, Californians to Stop Medical Torture are carrying
petition signatures
to the California State Senate, asking that the Senate warn California
licensed
physicians, psychologists, nurses and other health care workers of
possible future
prosecution for participation in torture -- cruel and degrading
practices that have
become a national shame;

WHEREAS, Health professionals licensed in California, including,
but not limited
to physicians, osteopaths, naturopaths, psychologists, psychiatric
workers, and
nurses, have and continue serve nobly and honorably in the armed
services of the
United States; and

WHEREAS, United States Army regulations and the War Crimes Act,
relative to
the treatment of prisoners of war, state in Common Article III of the
Geneva Conventions
and in the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or
Degrading Treatment
or Punishment (CAT) require that all military personnel report and not
engage in
acts of abuse or torture; and

WHEREAS, the CAT defines the term torture as "any act by which
severe pain
or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted
on a person
for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information
or a confession,
punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is
suspected of having
committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for
any reason
based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is
inflicted by
or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a
public official
or other person acting in an official capacity"; and

WHEREAS, in 2002, the United States Department of Justice
reinterpreted national
and international law related to the treatment of prisoners of war in
a manner that
purported to justify long-prohibited interrogation methods and
treatment of detainees;
and

WHEREAS, Physicians and other medical personnel and psychologists
serving in
noncombatant roles are bound by international law and professional
ethics to care
for enemy prisoners and to report any evidence of coercion, or abuse
of detainees;
and

WHEREAS, The World Medical Association (WMA) issued guidelines
stating that
physicians shall not use nor allow to be used their medical knowledge
or skills,
or health information specific to individuals, to facilitate or
otherwise aid any
interrogation, legal or illegal; and

WHEREAS, The guidelines issued by the WMA also state that
physicians shall not
participate in or facilitate torture or other forms of cruel, inhuman,
or degrading
procedures of prisoners or detainees in any situations; and

WHEREAS, The ethical policy of the American Medical Association
(AMA) prohibits
physicians from conducting or directly participating in an
interrogation or monitoring
interrogations with the intention of intervening; and

WHEREAS, AMA policy also states that "[t]orture refers to the
deliberate,
systematic or wanton administration of cruel, inhumane and degrading
treatments
or punishments during imprisonment or detainment. Physicians must
oppose and must
not participate in torture for any reason ... Physicians should help
provide support
for victims of torture and, whenever possible, strive to change the
situation in
which torture is practiced or the potential for torture is great"; and

WHEREAS, United States Code section 2340 states that (1) "torture"
means an act committed by a person acting under the color of law
specifically intended
to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering (other than
pain or suffering
incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another person within his custody
or physical
control; (2) "severe mental pain or suffering" means the prolonged
mental
harm caused by or resulting from: (A) the intentional infliction or
threatened infliction
of severe physical pain or suffering; (B) the administration or
application, or
threatened administration or application, of mind-altering substances
or other procedures
calculated to disrupt profoundly the senses or the personality; (C)
the threat of
imminent death; or (D) the threat that another person will imminently
be subjected
to death, severe physical pain or suffering, or the administration or
application
of mind-altering substances or other procedures calculated to disrupt
profoundly
the senses or personality; and

WHEREAS, In May 2006, the American Psychiatric Association stated
that psychiatrists
should not "participate directly in the interrogation of persons held
in custody
by military or civilian investigative or law enforcement authorities,
whether in
the United States or elsewhere," and that "psychiatrists should not
participate
in, or otherwise assist or facilitate, the commission of torture of
any person.
Psychiatrists who become aware that torture has occurred, is
occurring, or has been
planned must report it promptly to a person or persons in a position
to take corrective
action"; and

WHEREAS, In August 2006, the American Psychological Association
stated that
"psychologists shall not knowingly participate in any procedure in
which torture
or other forms of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or cruel,
inhuman, or degrading
punishment is used or threatened" and that "should torture or other
cruel,
inhuman, or degrading treatment or cruel, inhuman, or degrading
punishment evolve
during a procedure where a psychologist is present, the psychologist
shall attempt
to intervene to stop such behavior, and failing that exit the
procedure"; and

WHEREAS, In June 2005, the House of Delegates of the American
Nurses Association
issued a resolution stating all of the following: "prisoners and
detainees
have the right to health care and humane treatment"; "registered
nurses
shall not voluntarily participate in any deliberate infliction of
physical or mental
suffering"; "registered nurses who have knowledge of ill-treatment of
any individuals including detainees and prisoners must take
appropriate action to
safeguard the rights of that individual"; "the American Nurses
Association
shall condemn interrogation procedures that are harmful to mental and
physical health";
"the American Nurses Association shall advocate for nondiscriminatory
access
to health care for wounded military and paramilitary personnel and
prisoners of
war"; and "the American Nurses Association shall counsel and support
nurses
who speak out about acts of torture and abuse"; and

WHEREAS, In March 2005, the California Medical Association stated
that it "condemns
any participation in, cooperation with, or failure to report by
physicians and other
health professionals the mental or physical abuse, sexual degradation,
or

WHEREAS, In November 2004, the American Public Health Association
stated that
it "condemns any participation in, cooperation with, or failure to
report by
health professionals the mental or physical abuse, sexual degradation,
or torture
of prisoners or detainees," that it "urges health professionals to
report
abuse or torture of prisoners and detainees;' and that it "supports
the
rights of health workers to be protected from retribution for refusing
to participate
or cooperate in abuse or torture in military settings"; and

WHEREAS, The United States military medical system in Guantanamo
Bay,
Afghanistan, Iraq, and other United States operated foreign
military prisons
failed to protect detainees' rights to medical treatment, failed to
prevent
disclosure of confidential medical information to interrogators and
others, failed
to promptly report injuries or deaths caused by beatings, failed to
report acts
of psychological and sexual degradation, and sometimes collaborated
with abusive
interrogators and guards; and

WHEREAS, Current United States Department of Defense guidelines
authorize the
participation of certain military health personnel, especially
psychologists, in
the interrogation of detainees as members of "Behavioral Science
Consulting
Teams" in violation of professional ethics. These guidelines also
permit the
use of confidential clinical information from medical records to aid
in interrogations;
and

WHEREAS, Evidence in the public record indicates that certain
military psychologists,
working on behalf of the United States government, participated in the
design and
implementation of psychologically abusive interrogation methods used
at Guantanamo
Bay, in Iraq, and elsewhere, including sleep deprivation, long-term
isolation, sexual
and cultural humiliation, forced nudity, induced hypothermia and other
temperature
extremes, stress positions, sensory bombardment, manipulation of
phobias, force-feeding
hunger strikers, and more, while evidence in the public record also
indicates that
certain military psychologists objected to the use of such methods;
and

WHEREAS, Published reports indicate that the so-called "enhanced
interrogation
methods" of the Central Intelligence Agency reportedly include similar
abusive
methods and that agency psychologists may have assisted in their
development; and

WHEREAS, in August 2007 the American Psychological Association
prohibited psychologist
participation in nineteen techniques associated with "enhanced"
interrogation
methods, also referred to as "no-touch torture" and "torture light";
and

WHEREAS, Medical and psychological studies and clinical experience
show that
these abuses can cause severe or serious mental pain and suffering in
their victims,
and therefore may violate the "torture" and "cruel and inhuman
treatment"
provisions of CAT and the United States War Crimes Act, as amended by
the Military
Commissions Act of 2006; and

WHEREAS, The United States Department of Defense has failed to
oversee the ethical
conduct of California-licensed health professionals related to
torture;

WHEREAS, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
said, "Commit
yourself to the noble struggle for human rights. You will make a
greater person
of yourself, a greater nation of your country and a finer world to
live in."
Therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of California
jointly that
the Legislature hereby requests all relevant California agencies,
including, but
not limited to, the Board of Behavioral Sciences, the Dental Board of
California,
the Medical Board of California, the Osteopathic Medical Board of
California, the
Bureau of Naturopathic Medicine, the California State Board of
Pharmacy, the Physician
Assistant Committee of the Medical Board of California, the California
Board of
Podiatric Medicine, the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric
Technicians,
the Board of Psychology, and the Board of Registered Nursing, to
notify California-licensed
health professionals via newsletter, email, and Web site about their
professional
obligations under international law, specifically Common Article III
of the Geneva
Conventions, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman,
or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment, and the amended War Crimes Act, which
prohibit the torture
of and the cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment or punishment of
detainees in
United States custody; and be it further

Resolved, That the Legislature hereby requests all relevant
California agencies
to notify health professionals licensed in California that those who
participate
in torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment
or punishment
may one day be subject to prosecution; and be it further

Resolved, That the Legislature hereby requests the United States
Department
of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency to remove all
California-licensed
health professionals, including, but not limited to, physicians and
psychologists,
from participating in any way in prisoner and detainee interrogations
that involve
torture, in view of their respective ethical obligations, the record
of abusive
interrogation practices, and the Legislature's interest in protecting
California
health professionals from the risk of criminal liability; and be it
further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution
to the United States Department of Defense, the Central Intelligence
Agency, and
all relevant California agencies, including, but not limited to, the
Board of Behavioral
Sciences, the Dental Board of California, the Medical Board of
California the Osteopathic
Medical Board of California, the Bureau of Naturopathic Medicine, the
California
State Board of Pharmacy, the Physician Assistant Committee of the
Medical Board
of California, the California Board of Podiatric Medicine, the Board
of Vocational
Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians, the Board of Psychology, and the
Board of Registered
Nursing.


If this attempt to gut this important legislative initiative is to be
stopped, California
psychologists, other health providers, and all citizens concerned
about human rights
will have to organize a massive lobbying campaign. Letters, phone
calls, and personal
meetings with State Senators and Assembly members are critical.
Remember to be polite
and to focus upon why this matters to the citizens and government of
California.
The legislature is not interested in internal conflicts within the
health professions.
Many are not concerned about foreign affairs. But they are very
interested in kinds
of activities the health providers licensed by the state are engaged
in.Remember
also that they may know little or nothing about these issues. Explain
succinctly
and to the point.



Authors Website: http://soldzresearch.com/stephensoldz

Authors Bio: Stephen Soldz is psychoanalyst, psychologist, public
health researcher,
and faculty member at the Institute for the Study of Violence of the
Boston Graduate
School of Psychoanalysis. He is a member of Roslindale Neighbors for
Peace and Justice.
He maintains the Psyche, Science, and Society blog.

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