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Old 07-12-2007, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by somerfrost
I would certainly rank it among the greats...Jack was outstanding and the movie hit some interesting points concerning human behavior and views...the only complaint I have is the depiction of ECT and lobotomies. ECT is a valuable treatment tool in the battle against severe and chronic depression and the application is humane, the patient given muscle relaxers and anesthetic so there are no violent convulsions and/or injury. Lobotomies are banned in the US but when they were used produced a flat affect but didn't reduce patients to zombies...they were often performed outpatient in a doctors office.
WHAT!....no venison!?
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