Forum: Photography


Subject: social issues challenge

flopsy opened this issue on Mar 03, 2005 ยท 22 posts


MzQt posted Sat, 05 March 2005 at 3:16 PM

Jordy, I completely appreciate your input and do not take offense to you sharing your opinion. In my post you will note that I am referring to one person and not mentally imbalanced people as a whole. I see your point about not having the capability to analyse the sitution. Yes, 'some' mental health sufferers are so unstable that they do not have the capacity to anyalyse the pros and cons when faced with the desire to take their life. They will simply have the thought and do it with any means they have. However, for the most part, there are many mentally imbalanced people who struggle with suicidal thoughts, sometimes even for years on end, who are fortunately balanced enough to hold on to life. That is more the type of person I envisioned while viewing Flopsy's artistic presentation. As for my insensitive use of mentally disturbed, I sincerely apologize. Never was it my intention to offend you are anyone else. Imbalanced usually is the word I would have chosen, but it escaped me last night in the wee hours. Sorry! I sit here smiling to myself at the irony of this all. That I have somewhat been chastized for my insensitivity regarding mental health sufferers. You see, I am the one who is usually advocating on behalf of those with mental health issues. Having had some education in mental health I have much empathy for the victims of those disorders and hope to one day make it my full time occupation to help mental health consumers and their families. Thank you JordyArt for being a fellow advocater. I'm pleased to know you overcame your struggle, as did I. Ciao :)