See, it’s so easy to spout that because everybody hates lawyers and everybody is so completely convinced that all lawsuits are frivolous lawsuits.

Yet another example of the shiny keys theory and perhaps the philosophical difference between different groups of people–the ones who think that as long as they are the majority, then the majority should rule, and the ones who think that the constitution was written to protect the individual rights of each citizen.

And another example of the poor job that the press does of reporting the news.

And another example of the way that money controls so many things. If I were a for-profit insurance company or pharmaceutical, and I had massive profit available, I would spend as much as possible to make sure the spotlight was directed away from me too.

Or maybe stuff just happens. To everybody.

*did you see how I included his name for you? Check him out. If you want.

thank you for sharing these events.

The tv commercial that says where does it hurt? And then says everywhere. That’s true too. Real pain that pain pills can’t touch.

A member of my family has a history of bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder. She has about one episode every year, either attempting suicide or otherwise needing to be admitted to the hospital. She had one such episode late in the evening about a week and a half ago, which escalated to the point where the paramedics had to be called. The arrival of an ambulance and fire truck inevitably woke the neighbors.

After the ambulance departed, one neighbor walked over to console the family. She had originally thought the ambulance was there for an elderly member of the family, but after our brief explanation to her that it was the teenager in the house with a history of mental illness, she said something like, “It’s so hard to be a teenager.” While I’m sure she had good intentions, her comment struck me as petty and trite, along the lines of the statements made in these PSA ads. It’s common for people to think about mental illness very differently than they do about heart disease, diabetes, etc., but the truth is that it’s an illness just like any other.

In this case, it has nothing whatsoever to do with being a teenager. My family member is faced with difficulties you and I never dreamed of when we were teenagers. She’s not just facing the normal stresses of teenage life; she’s facing an illness, a disease, not something she can just shake off or forget about.

Anyway, I just want to say thanks, Stu, for sharing these PSA ads. This is definitely a message that needs to reach more people.

Sure, it was based on Mozilla (and probably stole… errr… obtained most of its base source code on it). But Firebird/fox was designed to be separate from the start.