Re: [RANT] Giving Mind Control Drugs to Children

[dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)]

tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May) writes:
> At 3:06 PM 7/7/96, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:
> >Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu> writes:
>
> >> Er... Tim... Ritalin is an amphetamine.
> >
> >Yes, it's an _anti-depressant, supposedly turning up those pieces of the bra
> >responsible for "tuning out" outside interference, and letting the hyperacti
> >kid concentrate.  But a true cypherpunk never lets any facts interfere with
> >political agenda.
>
> Vulis, time to put you back in my killfile. Gratuitous insults, especially
> those not based on important factual points, is your standard mode.

I don't believe you.

> (As Sandy S. also noted, Ritalin has "paradoxical" effects. (I saw Sandy's
> remark after sending off my reply to Simon.))
>
> I've _seen_ the kid on Ritalin, and he's zombie. When it wears off, he's
> back to being alert and active.

This has no cryptographic relevance, but... What about _other kids?
You have 1 kid unlucky enough to be born hyperactive (genetic predisposition
+ idiot parents) and 40 kids unlucky enough to be stuck in class with one
jerk who won't let them learn.

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