tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post3245601859425617399..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: A drug addict is a psycho is a vetCDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-7467196918348020752010-09-25T22:37:11.000-04:002010-09-25T22:37:11.000-04:00Not the time to bring up your position about stric...Not the time to bring up your position about strict limits on PTSD diagnosis? Easier to call people names. Classy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-8695392211699640642010-09-24T18:51:07.000-04:002010-09-24T18:51:07.000-04:00Thanks for the epic fail my friend but please go b...Thanks for the epic fail my friend but please go back and look at a few more sources. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Mauldin" rel="nofollow">Bill Mauldin </a>in his book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Up-Front-Bill-Mauldin/dp/0393050319/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1285368259&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">Up Front</a>, in an essay in that book noticed that even his generation was being painted as messed up, criminally insane folks by the community and media at large. I don't have the book in front of me right now, but basically he stated that the minute the media heard that some jerk-wad did something wild (like kill his wife or rob a bank) and they found out he was a vetern. They blamed it on "shell-shock", Mauldin looked back some more in his newpaper archives and found the same was true going as far back at least the ACW that the media and progressives would paint veterns with PTSD (or shell shock as it was known then) and that ipso facto all veterns must have same disease and need help. Forgeting that those who are the criminals have more messed up with them then just military service time.Southern Air Piratenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-83911444974310228062010-09-24T16:46:20.000-04:002010-09-24T16:46:20.000-04:00Troll. Veteran isn't tarnished - just the pri...Troll. Veteran isn't tarnished - just the prism you see life through is. I recommend you take a deep breath and read Burkett's Stolen Valor and then come back and make a useful contribution to the discussion.cdrsalamandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-28815183731988861892010-09-24T16:17:54.000-04:002010-09-24T16:17:54.000-04:00Is this your goal for first class care:
"<...Is this your goal for first class care:<br /><br />"<span>In my ever so humble opinion, screw 'em."</span><br /><br />Amazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-79117888812725474432010-09-24T16:16:58.000-04:002010-09-24T16:16:58.000-04:00Yes there is. How many posts do we have to have a...Yes there is. How many posts do we have to have about strict limitations on what is, and what is not PTSD? <br /><br />You're lying, and it's typical of vietnam era veterans. Honor? Right. Thanks for exemplifient the point.<br /><br />Perhaps the branding of "veteran" is so tarnished by the Vietnam era that we need a new word for post service military men and women. Sad. Notice the rise of "Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans" used in language? It's an attempt to segregate from the insanity of the past.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-5890070499360096482010-09-23T09:24:52.000-04:002010-09-23T09:24:52.000-04:00There isn't a soul here that's against fir...There isn't a soul here that's against first class help for any vet that asks for it. What pisses us off is the characterization of ANY vet that they will always have PTSD.Byronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-68262646259941067662010-09-23T08:32:23.000-04:002010-09-23T08:32:23.000-04:00Nice to see you supporting the troops with issues....Nice to see you supporting the troops with issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-7595036898625400162010-09-23T08:31:21.000-04:002010-09-23T08:31:21.000-04:00It's unfortunate that Veterans get painted as ...It's unfortunate that Veterans get painted as tainted, but thats what we get for ignoring problems after Vietnam. It's too bad that today's military leadership's perspective is that if we only ignore it again, everything will be ok. Perhaps you'd be happier with death panels for the weak?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-57240604433135728742010-09-22T09:24:28.000-04:002010-09-22T09:24:28.000-04:00Was watching the new HBO show Boardwalk Empire...
...Was watching the new HBO show <a href="http://www.hbo.com/boardwalk-empire/index.html" rel="nofollow">Boardwalk Empire</a>...<br /><br />And <a href="http://www.hbo.com/boardwalk-empire/index.html#/boardwalk-empire/cast-and-crew/james-darmody/index.html" rel="nofollow">the "Jimmy" character is the obligatory cynical -crazed- vet</a>.<br /><br />Dig the stereotype in a little deeper....sidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-48071036989385301152010-09-22T08:59:31.000-04:002010-09-22T08:59:31.000-04:00Most people do not know these courts exist, nor do...Most people do not know these courts exist, nor do they care. I hear you about the "<span>If they aren't prison-worthy, don't send them to prison." Unfortunately, that is not how our judicial system operates and the hope is to avoid the conviction as much as it is jail. <br /></span>Therapist1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-12945251318570617662010-09-22T00:50:45.000-04:002010-09-22T00:50:45.000-04:00My old next door neighbor, who was seriously injur...My old next door neighbor, who was seriously injured by an IED in Iraq and was medically retired from the Army, actually told me I should go to the VA and try to diagnosed with PTSD for the bennies. "Man you gotta be messed up in the head after all that time at sea. I know I would be..." WTF? QMC(SW)(ret)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-64943881835428807412010-09-21T13:35:14.000-04:002010-09-21T13:35:14.000-04:00but then we run into the law of unintended consequ...but then we run into the law of unintended consequences and have a public perception that returned vets all have criminal adjustment issues.<br /><br />Not a fan.<br /><br />If they aren't prison-worthy, don't send them to prison.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-5117754250503252372010-09-21T13:26:19.000-04:002010-09-21T13:26:19.000-04:00Having worked in both the forensic and mental heal...Having worked in both the forensic and mental health fields, all of these courts are good things because it keeps petty criminals out of an overcrowded jail, leaves room for more hardened criminals, saves the taxpayer ALOT of money, lowers probation and parole numbers and prevents some from amassing criminal records where none are needed. For example, a paranoid schizophrenic who is arrested for trespassing may spend 4-6 months in jail awaiting trial. The mental health court can hear the case faster and remand to treatment facilities, demand medication compliance (which is not legal without a court order) or court order other treatment. If successful, the court can vacate the crime there by not sullying the record of the individual.<br /><br />If they are creating a separate court for these incidents, then they also have the numbers of these petty crimes to justify the cost. The goal is to keep the honorably seperated vets who may be arrested for public drunkenness, vagrancy, trespassing and other misdemeanors out of a prison system. If you are a douche, then you will be treated differently and not directed to the mental health or veterans courts.<br /><br />If you think they are getting special treatment, you are correct. They almost always do if the officer on scene is a veteran, or I have seen them call a veteran on the force out to talk with the individual. Many times these crimes do not even result in arrest. The investigating officer wil take the individual aside and counsel them, give them treatment numbers etc. This just establishes a more formal system when arrests occur to honor the service, the service member and divert from jail where they really do not belong.Therapist1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-25518203327786352962010-09-21T11:45:02.000-04:002010-09-21T11:45:02.000-04:00I would be happy if we could just get judges and D...I would be happy if we could just get judges and DAs (and even defense lawyers) to understand what Lautenberg means for servicemembers and cops.Andrewdbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-60980368938217333922010-09-21T11:28:37.000-04:002010-09-21T11:28:37.000-04:00I see this as an attempt to classify all veterans ...I see this as an attempt to classify all veterans as victims of a terrible unjust war who are suffering from various neuroses all because of Bush Adventurism and Colonialism and Imperlism.<br /><br />In my ever so humble opinion, screw 'em.Byronnoreply@blogger.com