Taking mock compassion too far.

[poddster]

Ok we have had the "Poor Illegal Refugee" the "Poor Dole Bludger" the "Poor whatever" thread so now what about the "Poor Self Inflicted Addict" thread.

We may as well add them to the taxpayers  burden as well. We can cater for their "special needs" out of the bottomless pit of our national debt.

[poddster]

google is your friend Rosie, google the phrase 🙂

[the_great_she_elephant]

If we want to understandself inficted addiction - the problems it causes and how 'curable' it is it might profit us to look beyond hard drugs andconsider the following questions

how many people here are addicted smokers?

How many have tried to give it up?

How many have given it up but then relapsed?

How many would despperately love to give it up, but just can't manage it?

If cigarettes were made illegal tomorrow how many people here would, at the stroke of a pen become the drug crazed self inflicted  addicts described by Poddy in #22 ?

I'm not calling for answers, I'm just suggesting we apply the same criteria when making judgements.

[poddster]

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@*pepe wrote:

you seem to think that you are superior in intellect and standing in this world to the 'great unwashed' - you would not use such derogatory terms otherwise.

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It is not a thought it is a fact 🙂

[poddster]

There you go again ele, using what you think and trying to attribute what you think to me.

[lionrose.7]

Poddy dont have to google.

You are on a pension in a little house in Tassie.

A lot of here are on a pension 🙂

Take note american visitors, we call what poddy says as putting on side or as my old mum, english, would say he is no better then he ought to be.

I would say Poddy get your act together and stop acting like you are better then any one else.

[*pepe]

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@poddster wrote:

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@*pepe wrote:

you seem to think that you are superior in intellect and standing in this world to the 'great unwashed' - you would not use such derogatory terms otherwise.

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It is not a thought it is a fact 🙂

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i am yet to see evidence it is indeed fact.

[polksaladallie]

I understand that, but if the damage occurs before the brain has grown, I think some of it cannot be repaired.  And certainly many brain cells die in smokers and heavy alcohol users.  They cannot regenerate.

We are told that to leave a small baby to cry endlessly does cause damage to the wiring and does not repair.  I cannot bear to hear a small baby crying like that.  I have been known to intervene.

Same principle with extreme stress as an adult.  I have had this conversation with my doctor, and he agrees with this.

[***super_nova***]

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@azureline** wrote:

@poddster wrote:

I feel vibrant, energetic, enthusiastic and have a positive outlook, I have no addictions, no illnesses, no financial problems, no debts, I do as I please when I please, I have many enjoyable activities, I am never bored, I have no allergies, no aches or pains.

Where is the positive outlook that applies to the OP?

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I actually feel sorry for Poddy.  Must be very lonely up there on his perfect pedestal, but no wonder, note that all that he is proud of is ME, ME, ME.........  And anybody who is not like him is bellow contempt.  I once knew man like him, he is now very ill, and surprised that nobody, including his children, want anything to do with him.

[poddster]

I verymuch doubt that our paths will ever cross Pepe, so you may have to either accept what I claim or reject it. 

It is that simple 🙂

[colic2bullsgirlore]

not naturally.... however

http://yourbrainhealth.com.au/stem-cells-can-help-repair-brain/   Brain stem cells discovered!

It was thought right up until the 1990s that we each have a set number of brain cells from birth and when these were lost, well, that was that! Then came the ground-breaking discovery (from the labs of Professor Perry Bartlett and Professor Samuel Weiss) showing a very small number of new cells in the brain — it turned out the brain has its own stem cells!

Stem cells are unique in that they can divide and produce many different types of brain cells (and other cells elsewhere in the body). Initially, they lie dormant but when they’re activated by the right signals they divide and transform into any number of different cells in the brain (and elsewhere).

Why are stem cells important?

The discovery of the stem cell was hugely significant in opening up possibilities before only dreamt of. Brain stem cells have now been isolated and triggered to divide and form many different brain cell types in the lab. And huge effort is currently being made in trying to understand how these stem cells are controlled and how we can replace the brain cells lost to disease and injury.

Pakinsons link

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/neural-stem-cell-transplants-help-parkinsons/