Comments on: My Lobotomy http://www.richardsnotes.org/archives/2008/01/22/my-lobotomy/ notes, photos, and other collectible fragments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:57:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Richard http://www.richardsnotes.org/archives/2008/01/22/my-lobotomy/#comment-172944 Richard Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:08:15 +0000 http://www.richardsnotes.org/archives/2008/01/22/my-lobotomy/#comment-172944 Hero: me too. I'm now sorry I posted this because it's a reminder of the entire thing. The reason I focused this post on Howard rather than the show was to take the focus off of Freeman. He's gone but we've still got people like Howard around and we're still struggling with the moral and ethical landscape of mental illness. Of course, I can't help equating what Freeman did to what's done these days under the banner of "aggressive interrogation" but is in fact, psychological torture which generally has a lasting effect on the psyche. Thanks for corroborating my feelings in seeing this show, we need to force everyone to see things like this to show them what human beings are capable of. Lest you think we're above it, check this out: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Milgram Experiment</a>. I took part in it in the '60s. That's another story... Hero: me too. I’m now sorry I posted this because it’s a reminder of the entire thing.

The reason I focused this post on Howard rather than the show was to take the focus off of Freeman. He’s gone but we’ve still got people like Howard around and we’re still struggling with the moral and ethical landscape of mental illness.

Of course, I can’t help equating what Freeman did to what’s done these days under the banner of “aggressive interrogation” but is in fact, psychological torture which generally has a lasting effect on the psyche.

Thanks for corroborating my feelings in seeing this show, we need to force everyone to see things like this to show them what human beings are capable of.

Lest you think we’re above it, check this out: Milgram Experiment.

I took part in it in the ’60s. That’s another story…

]]> By: Hero http://www.richardsnotes.org/archives/2008/01/22/my-lobotomy/#comment-172934 Hero Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:03:35 +0000 http://www.richardsnotes.org/archives/2008/01/22/my-lobotomy/#comment-172934 I too, cannot get the image of icepicks out of my minds. Even more to the point, (no pun intended), I am nauseated by my own personal weakness... that in facing extreme mental illness in my own son, I would in desperation be prone to allow my son to submit to such barbarity. Hey, I don't know if you noticed... the PBS.org website has an online forum for this program through January 25th. Anyone can ask questions of many of the participants of The Lobotomist program. I too, cannot get the image of icepicks out of my minds. Even more to the point, (no pun intended), I am nauseated by my own personal weakness… that in facing extreme mental illness in my own son, I would in desperation be prone to allow my son to submit to such barbarity. Hey, I don’t know if you noticed… the PBS.org website has an online forum for this program through January 25th. Anyone can ask questions of many of the participants of The Lobotomist program.

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