Unfortunately, I had to draw a line somewhere as to what I'd address and what I'd leave for others to address. If I weren't someone who writes four thousand words at the drop of a hat, I probably could've had the space to address what I did and more... but, to my everlasting frustration, I'm not. That meant narrowing the topic if I couldn't narrow output.
On the other hand, it's not as though the concept of tools is only applicable to disabilities. To see medication as a tool, equal to things like prosthesis or eyeglasses or seeing-eye dogs, would go a long way towards de-stigmatizing the taking of medication (for any reason). So I guess you could say if it's a meme, let's get it started (medicine = tool), and then we build on that, expanding the metaphor outward.
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Date: 11 Jun 2010 04:27 pm (UTC)Unfortunately, I had to draw a line somewhere as to what I'd address and what I'd leave for others to address. If I weren't someone who writes four thousand words at the drop of a hat, I probably could've had the space to address what I did and more... but, to my everlasting frustration, I'm not. That meant narrowing the topic if I couldn't narrow output.
On the other hand, it's not as though the concept of tools is only applicable to disabilities. To see medication as a tool, equal to things like prosthesis or eyeglasses or seeing-eye dogs, would go a long way towards de-stigmatizing the taking of medication (for any reason). So I guess you could say if it's a meme, let's get it started (medicine = tool), and then we build on that, expanding the metaphor outward.