Forum:Dirk Steele said something/Archive4

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[edit] Are you circumcised?

Why do adults think it is their right to chop off bits of a baby's genetalia? For what purpose? Dirk Steele (talk) 21:27, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

[edit] You are very annoying when you have "accidentally drunk a whole bottle of whiskey."

Are these people really for real? Jeez! Join the party party! http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Forum:Dirk_Steele_said_something/Archive1

Heh, the amount if times I have accidentally downed a bottle a whisky would make your head spin. We should go drinking, Dirk. Acei9 21:55, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

[edit] You may not responsible for your actions. I forgive you.

But I am absolutely determined to have free will. Dirk Steele (talk) 21:19, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Join the true debate here rationalwiki.org/wiki/Forum:Dirk_Steele_said_something

[edit] Are you circumcised?

Why do adults think it is their right to chop off bits of a baby's genitalia? For what purpose? Dirk Steele (talk) 21:27, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Join the true debate here rationalwiki.org/wiki/Forum:Dirk_Steele_said_something

[edit] Electro Convulsive Therapy

Steven Novella promotes this http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/how-electroconvulsive-therapy-works/

Do you think he may have a financial interest? Read the comments too.. --Dirk Steele (talk) 22:12, 11 January 2013 (UTC)?

ECT is actually high efficacious in the treatment of acute psychosis and melancholic/psychotic depression, with lesser evidence for its efficacy in acute mania. It's used as a treatment of last resort due to i) the reasonably high possibility of inducing memory loss, and ii) the social implications (many of which are based on people misunderstanding the treatment). In patients who are deemed appropriate, informed consent is obtained during which time the possibility of memory loss is discussed. It is rare (at least where I live) to use it on involuntary patients - in most cases it is catatonic patients or those with a very high risk of suicide and who lack normal cognition, and it must be approved by a family member where possible. It can certainly be argued that once recovered, these patients would have memory distortion of their episodes even without ECT 101.175.27.99 (talk) 23:20, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
Bullshit! ECT works in the same way as a baseball bat. You talk such shit mate all couched in a pseudo medical language to try convince ignorance. Would you like me to give it to you? Or maybe a leucotomy - very efficacious - . Yeh? Come round my house now. Let me plug a few thousand volts into your brain. It will not hurt. It may cure you of delusions. Quite honestly mate... you are a fuckin sadist. Dirk Steele (talk) 23:29, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
I searched PubMed but could not trace your contributions to the literature. In the absenc of any evidence to contradict the null hypothesis (that you are a random blowhard with no actual training or knowledge of the subject) I will stick with Dr. Novella as a source for now, not least because he has a long history of actually checking the science rather than engaging in arse-backwards rationalisations to support an existing prejudice, as you do. JzG (talk) 10:17, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
From my understanding (i read a chapter in a book a while back), BoN is right. Nihilist 19:06, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
There is no science behind the use of ECT or even understanding of what it does. Steven Novella suggests in his article that ECT diminishes brain activity! Well of course it does. Like a baseball bat does. Cognitive and memory problems are also well documented. Efficacy is measured using questionnaires such as the HAM-D. Hardly scientific especially when someone's brain has been fried. It is also known that what a patient tells the doctor is not the same as what he tells another patient - for well known psychological reasons and the results do not favour the doctor's views. . I have recently known 2 people who have recently undergone a course of ECT for depression. The effects were very very debilitating. But you stick with Dr. Novella. I am sure he knows best. www.ect.org Dirk Steele (talk) 05:31, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
http://www.madinamerica.com/2012/03/the-illegality-of-forced-drugging-and-electroshock/

[edit] Exactly what does it take to get banned around here anyway?

Has any troll ever actually been banned?

Yes. After almost 5 years of trolling.Nobodydon't bother 22:53, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
It's unlikely to happen again. TK harassed RWians in real life and we still only banned him for two years, and the vote to do so was relatively close. If Dirk Steele were to personally murder Tmtoulouse, I could see him getting a two-thirds vote for three years. Maybe. Star of David.png Radioactive Misanthrope 23:15, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
If I recall correctly, none of the people we've ever banned for trolling have garnered the two-thirds now necessary for banning of any kind. TK didn't even get a vote, but that was in the days of yore. Picon small.pngAcer Blue 23:23, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
Hey man! Ban me for thinking differently to you. I accept it. It is the norm for you monkeys to do it. Go ahead. I welcome it. Dirk Steele (talk) 23:27, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
How fucking dumb are you. We banned TK who was dangerous (stalking in real life) and Marcus who was obnoxious over a period of two years or so. We have never and will never ban for thinking differently but you just want to feel persecuted because, in your head, your so special. Innocent Bystander (talk) 23:35, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
Well I have been blocked for 2 years. Not banned of course. Luckily I have been unblocked but I had to draw attention for this to happen. Dirk Steele (talk) 05:33, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

[edit] Crankspace

If you want a crank space you will need to define crank. Just because I am a strict Popperian I get continuely attacked by the people who write this rubbish http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Essay:Explaining_the_fall_of_Popper . Dirk Steele (talk) 05:39, 14 January 2013 (UTC) — Unsigned, by: PeterL / talk / contribs 05:45, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

If you make false allegations about me here I should be allowed to respond. Thanks. Dirk Steele (talk) 05:49, 14 January 2013 (UTC) — Unsigned, by: PeterL / talk / contribs

OK, I will stick to true allegations. You are a fact-blind crank with an agenda so obvious it will prevent you ever being taken seriously other than by Scientologists., And that's only because their agenda is even more batshit insane than yours. JzG (talk) 00:44, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
 :: I am not a scientologist. Hubbard basically took Freudian ideas and reframed them, added a Crowley OTO/masonic structure and added SF Hindu mythology. I am actually Discordian. What batshit insane ideas do you refer to? You sound like a pimple ridden anonymous teen. Go do your homework then tidy your room else I will confiscate your playstation.
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