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Ok, serious now. i'm used to think about cognitive arousal in the Yerkes-Dodson sense. That everyone has a personal comfort zone. Some are very low and are extreme risk averse, and become anti-scoial librarians. Others are extreme sports risk seekers. My question is, how does ADHD differ from someone who simply has a high optimum arousal threshold?

Nah. I would miss the comfort in feeling sad. What about the comfort in waffles with double cream, and a fruit beer? My cold came back after the New Year party (London was like being in the trenches. Lots of explosions, and no food to be had). So I did what any red blooded Englishman would do - went for a four mile run in the snow. I feel fanTASTIC!

Tinfoil hatters are always good for a laugh. Good link, Sluggo.

*Somebody keep Krezack's attention while I phone the police*

You've obviously never 'met' Fall From Grace.

Its true to some extent. I know that women have been bothered with my lack of attention to my surroundings, but thats just because I walk around like a proper man with my head in the clouds, pondering scientific theories or why Spiderman married Mary Jane and not Felicia Hardy. *puff puff* Quite. Now let us put on giant cowboy hats and ride tiny motorscooters to the beach.

Yeah, cause Hollywood writers have such difficult jobs. They turn everything into the same goddamn film.

You'd need to be one hell of a swordsman. I've hunted rats.

I can't speak for the States, but the fact is that the United Kingdom stopped being able to feed its population with it's own land in the 1930s. We could farm every inch and have windowbaskets and we'd stilll go hungry if the logistics chain broke down.

I didn't mean to imply it's usually the case that the person who says they have ADHD is just a jerk. But it's like autism, now every nerd is autistic. EDIT: Actually this got me thinking. In many ways isn't ADHD and autsim simply being a man? i do sometimes think we've feminised our society so much that if you are a man you are diagnosed as having an illness.

I've always wanted to see India before I die, so... *pshoom*

I've had more than a handful of friends and colleagues with similar problems. They also (rather predictably) didn't liike taking anything, even aspirin. But the fact is that a strained mind is not a headcold. It's like having a broken leg. You need a cast if it's oing to heal. You can't just grit your teeth and hope for the best!

No primary studies read Drug treatment effective in socialising individuals without addressing underlying malady Cognitive behavioural treatment more effective at addressing underlying malady Not clear whether rise in diagnoses is misdiagnosis; it being easier to tell parents their son has ADHD than tell them their son is a selfish moron.

I'm no expert, but I DO read clasical history now and then. I've \lso read Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Strikes me that the melting pot period was the one when the Empire was strongest. It fell apart when the nobles stopped paying taxes and sending sons to the military. In fact in the earliest most vigorous part of the Empire going into the Army was a privilege mainly for the wealthy!

Why shouldn't US citizens, who've lived and enjoyed the country put forward their time? I think all i'm saying is that volunteering for the Forces should aid citizenship, alongside other key areas of need. but making obligatory sounds like a damned silly idea. Quite apart forom the complex philosophical questions arising, what on Earth makes you guys think the army wants thousands of unenthusiastic non-English speaking 'draftees' when it is trying to fight a smart counter-insurgency campaign?

I agree, with reference to your last point. I agree. But that's not really ever going to change. Firstly the rich and successful are already employed (with the exception of our old officer class), and secondly the poor are simply better soldiers. They are tougher, more resourceful, and more used to people being mean to them. Combat useful skills. I agree up to a point. but soldiering cannot be a matter of personal whim on the day. Nonetheless your basic point is merely echoing Gen. Mike Jackson. he argued society was ignoring its obligations to its defenders viz housing, healthcare, and recognition. As I said in point one, society has a great many needs unrelated to warfare. Moreover, not every immgrant would make a good soldier.

We already do it in the UK. the last man to win a Victoria Cross, pte Johnson Beharry, was originally from Grenada. The real problem/danger is that we ignore the fact that people within the country don't consider military service worthwhile. Where the social contract is so degraded then all walks of public life suffer, not just the Army. Poor enlistment is just a symptom.

I ain't saying nuttin'.

I am what I eat. So just to clarify, you're saying your a fat nutter? I have to say it?

Thanks for explaining, Brdavs. Your position makes more sense to me now. I guess all I'd come back with is: 1) There had been discussions between Mush and Bhutto. Yes they were instigated by the US, but the gen I had was that Mush genuinely felt the two could work together. 2) Your angle on how Mush gains makes sense, but is only superior to a Bhutto alliance if US backing alone could hold his position. This is almost certainly not the case, and I think Mush knows that. An alliance with Bhutto could be expected to work because she needed him as an ally within/against the Army. 3) I think it's a mistake to view Mush as a US puppet in the old Cold War sense. It obfuscates some of the subtleties in his power base and objectives.

I managed one of those half angel thingies with these unearthly pale violet eyes. The cold mad eyes of a remorseless killer. gave me the creeps.

Aren't they related?

I'd forgotten how much I like succubi.

Brdavs, help me out a little here. you're saying Mush is crying crocodile tears, but he's royally screwed now. He had been making progress with Bhutto at a personal level for months; hence her return. He desperately needed to forge a workable alliance with progressive pro-democracy elements in the country against the Islamists. A fact commented on for at least the last three years since TIME did their feature on him. How does her dying help him out?