2008/9/30 Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86(a)comcast.net>et>:
on 9/30/08 5:12 PM, Thomas Dalton at
thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com wrote:
There is
not such thing as an "exceptional alcoholic" - a person either is,
or they are not. It's like calling someone an "exceptional diabetic".
I disagree. An alcoholic whose alcoholism has never resulted in
anything notable happening would be unexceptional from the point of
view of writing an article about one whereas someone that's been
constantly in the headlines because of the alcoholism would be very
exceptional.
You are wrong here, Thomas. You are confusing the medical/psychological
condition of alcoholism with the social pejorative use of some behaviors.
No, I'm not. This isn't a mailing list about medicine, it's a mailing
list about an encyclopaedia. From the point of view of writing
encyclopaedia articles the results of someone's alcoholism are far
more important than the condition itself.