Monday, December 16, 2013

Exposed: The Myth That Psychiatry Has Proven That Homosexual Behavior Is Normal

<An Interesting article being reproduced many places on Internet. If true, this could be the coup of the century! Invite comments from knowledgeable people on the points mentioned in this article. No personal LGBT militarism please.>

In 1973, The American Psychiatric Association (APA) removed homosexuality as a mental disorder from the APA's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-II).

This decision was a significant victory for homosexual activists and they have continued to claim that the APA based their decision on new scientific discoveries that proved that homosexual behavior is normal and should be affirmed in our culture.

This is false and part of numerous homosexual urban legends that have infiltrated every aspect of our culture. The removal of homosexuality as a mental disorder has given homosexual activists credibility in the culture, and they have demanded that their sexual behavior be affirmed in society.

What Really Happened?

Numerous psychiatrists over the past decades have described what forces were really at work both inside and outside of the American Psychiatric Association---and what led to the removal of homosexuality as a mental disorder.

Dr. Ronald Bayer, a pro-homosexual psychiatrist has described what actually occured in his book, Homosexuality and American Psychiatry: The Politics of Diagnoses. (1981)

In Chapter 4, "Diagnostic Politics: Homosexuality and the American Psychiatric Association," Dr. Bayer says that the first attack by homosexual activists against the APA began in 1970 when this organization held its convention in San Francisco. Homosexual activists decided to disrupt the conference by interrupting speakers and shouting down and ridiculing psychiatrists who viewed homosexuality as a mental disorder. In 1971, homosexual activist Frank Kameny worked with the Gay Liberation Front collective to demonstrate against the APA's convention. At the 1971 conference, Kamney grabbed the microphone and yelled, "Psychiatry is the enemy incarnate. Psychiatry has waged a relentless war of extermination against us. You may take this as a decleration of war against you."

Homosexuals forged APA credentials and gained access to exhibit areas in the conference. They threatened anyone who claimed that homosexuals needed to be cured.
Kamney had found an ally inside of the APA named Kent Robinson who helped the homosexual activist present his demand that homosexualiy be removed from the DSM. At the 1972 convntion, homosexual activists were permitted to set up a display booth, entitled "Gay, Proud, and Healthy."

Kameny was then permitted to be part of a panel of psychiatrists who were to discuss homosexuality. The effort to remove homosexuality as a mental disorder from the DSM was the result of power politics, threats, and intimidation, not scientific discoveries.

Prior to the APA's 1973 convention, several psychiatrists attempted to organize opposition to the efforts of homosexuals to remove homosexual behavior from the DSM. Organizing this effort were Drs. Irving Bieber and Charles Socarides who formed the Ad Hoc Committee Against the Deletion of Homosexuality from the Dsm-II.

The DSM-II listed homosexuality as an abnormal behavior under section "302. Sexual Deviations." It was the first deviation listed.

After much political pressure, a committee of the APA met behind closed doors in 1973 and voted to remove homosexuality as a mental disorder from the DSM-II. Opponents were given 15 minutes to protest this change, according to Dr. Jeffery Satinover, in Homosexuality and the Politics of Truth. Satinover writes that after this vote was taken, the decision was to be voted on by the entire APA membership. The National Gay Task Force purchased the APA's mailing list and sent out a letter to the APA members urging them to vote to remove homosexuality as a disorder. No APA member was informed that the mailing had been funded by this homosexual activist group.

According to Satinover, "How much the 1973 APA decision was motivated by politics is only becoming clear even now. While attending a conference in England in 1994, I met a man who told me an account that he had told no one else. He had been in the gay life for for years but had left the lifestyle. He recounted how that after the 1973 APA decisiion, he and his lover, along with a certain very highly placed officer of the APA Board of Trustees and his lover, all sat around the officer's apartment celebrating their victory. For among the gay activists placed high in the APA who maneuvered to ensure a victory was this man--suborning from the top what was presented to both the membership and the public as a disinterested search for truth."

Dr. Socarides Speaks Out

Dr. Charles Socarides has set the record straight on how homosexuals inside and outside of the APA forced this organization to remove homosexuality as a mental disorder. This was done without any valid scientific evidence to prove that homosexuiality is not a disordered behavior.

Dr. Socarides, writing in Sexual Politics and Scientific Logic : The Issue of Homosexuality writes: "To declare a condition a 'non-condition,' a group of practitioners had removed it from our list of serious psychosexual disorders. The action was all the more remarkable when one considers that it involved an out-of-hand and peremptory disregard and dismissal not only of hundreds of psychiatric and psychoanalytic research papers and reports, but also a number of other serious studies by groups of psychiatrists, psychologists, and educators over the past seventy years..."

Socarides continued: "For the next 18 years, the APA decision served as a Trojan horse, opening the gates to widespread psychological and social change in sexual customs and mores. The decision was to be used on numerous occasions for numerous purposes with the goal of normalizing homosexuality and elevating it to an esteemed status."

"To some American psychiatrists, this action remains a chilling reminder that if scientific principles are not fought for, they can be lost--a disillusioning warning that unless we make no exceptions to science, we are subject to the snares of political factionalism and the propogation of untruths to an unsuspecting and uninformed public, to the rest of the medical profession, and to the behavioral sciences." Dr. Socarides' report is available from the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality:

www.narth.com.

The Importance of The DSM.

The DSM(Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) is the most widely used disgnostic reference book utilized by mental health professionals in the United States.

It's a manual by which all diagnostic codes are derived for diagnosis and treatment - every single physician (an estimated 850,000*) in the United States refers to this book in order to code for a diagnoses. In plain English, what does this mean? It means that for over 30 years physicians have been prevented from properly diagnosing homosexuality as an aberrant behavior and thus, cannot, recomend a treatment for these individuals.

Prior to that time, homosexuality had been treated as a mental disorder under section "302. Sexual Deviations" in the DSM-II. Section 302 said, in part: "This category is for individuals whose sexual interests are directed primarily towards objects other than people of the opposite sex, toward sexual acts...performed under bizarre circumstances...Even though many find their practices distasteful, they remain unable to substitue normal sexual behavior for them." Homosexuality was listed as the first sexual deviation under 302. Once that diagnostic code for homosexuality was removed, physicians, including psychiatrists, have been prevented from diagnosing homosexuality as a mental disorder for more than three decades.

*American Medical Association statistic, 2002.


Source:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1172711/posts
http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/Sodomy/homosexuality_and_psychiatry.htm

Friday, December 13, 2013

Kejriwal on course to ruin 2014 for BJP by Shanti Bhushan











Kejriwal on course to ruin 2014 for BJP
















Arvind Kejriwal might prove to be a spoiler for the BJP bandwagon in 2014. During the Delhi assembly elections, Kejriwal and party made it quite clear that they were opposed to the BJP more than the Congress. Kejriwal very cleverly targeted BJP using the corruption plank, equating BJP and Congress on one hand and on the other hand meeting Muslim leaders to acquire Muslim support on a secular plank knowing that Muslims, who were notionally against the BJP, are now were fed up of the Congress and seeking a new platform to stand against the BJP.

Anna

Kejriwal and his party are the product of 'Anna' Hazare's movement, which erupted against the Congress's colossal corruption and patronage to corruption. Later on, however, the movement, which was essentially against the misdeeds of Manmohan Singh's government, took a different turn and was made to look as if it were against the BJP too on purpose, by some vested interests, with the active support of Arvind Kejriwal. Once it was done, it confused the people and the movement, which started with a bang, ended up slowly with a whimper. The sheen of the movement was gone. It put Kejriwal and company out of a job.

But Kejriwal would not accept defeat. He came out with the decision of entering into electoral politics, which he had claimed to be stoutly against. However Anna Hazare did not consent to the idea, and it was a big dampener to Keriwal's ambitions. So Kejriwal defied Anna Hazare and formed a political outfit by the name of Aam Admi Party, giving it a colour of an anti-corruption unit against both the national parties, instead of just opposed to the Congress against whom the movement was initiated in the first place. He intentionally and mischievously raised the bogey of Gadkari's corruption and bracketed him with the Congress party's known corrupt politicians to show his 'secular' credentials. The BJP's name was sullied to please a particular community. Otherwise the BJP was nowhere near power so there was no question of them having been involved in corruption.

Arvind Kejriwal took full advantage of the BJP's complacency in ignoring AAP. He was preparing his ground ingeniously, working silently against the BJP and outwardly showing his opposition to the Congress. He exploited the sentiments of the people and gained phenomenal success at elections, cleverly shifting the blame for rampant corruption on the BJP too along with the Congress. He did it on purpose to attract minority votes. Kejriwal showed exemplary skills in election management and deserved credit for his forthrightness, his courage and his hard work.

Corruption

Riding high after his phenomenal success, he announced his arrival on the national scene. His crusade against corruption is laudable, but governance does not mean eradication of corruption only, as Kejriwal thinks and would have us believe. There are other many threats staring the nation, because of misdeeds of this present Congress government. The economy is in shambles, despite or one may say because of the economic wizard we have as our prime minister. Ever-increasing prices of essential commodities and petroleum products for no valid reason is threatening the life of common people. Nobody knows the extent to which such price rise would continue. The Congress government mandarins seem to have no clue as to what has been happening, let alone taking any measures to control the rising prices. Internal strife, increasing crimes particularly against women, lawlessness in the country as a whole indicate the total failure of law and order machinery.

And the biggest threat the nation is staring is external aggression, which has undermined country's security. China is surrounding India with aggressive postures much beyond the tolerance of any sovereign state. Pakistan is daringly abetting insurgency and rebellion in Kashmir, sponsoring terror in India and breaching our borders on a regular basis and our Prime Minister as a helpless onlooker has failed to take any appropriate measures. He always resorts to dialogues with the neighbouring countries who are behaving as enemies, without realising that talks or dialogues may avoid the aggression but the aggression can not be talked about. It has to be met with full force at your disposal, if you are a self-respecting nation.

Governance

All these issues concern the governance of the nation and need to be addressed effectively without wasting time. This is why it is essential to rid the nation of this inactive and failed government of Manmohan Singh which has become a liability. And it is why Narendra Modi is becoming the people's choice because he has shown the acumen and guts both to solve the nation's problems and restore the nation's pride. Kejriwal seem completely oblivious to governance in a larger perspective.

Moreover he does not seem too bothered about the practicability of his lofty ideas of governance through 'Janata Durbar'. At least he realises that so called Janata or Aam Admi choose their representatives through elections to deliver goods for them. So as an elected representative he can not throw the responsibility of governance back to them, as he has been shouting from the roof tops that it is the janata which would decide what to do and what not.

His priority is seemingly to destabilise the political system of the country - which is well established and need no replacement - by discrediting political parties, particularly the BJP and stop Modi from coming to power irrespective of the consequences for the nation. Because once Modi comes to power his shop would be wound up, and his dreams whatever he has and his lofty ideas would be shattered beyond repair.

In a national scenario like this Arvind Kejriwal and his party does not fit into the scheme of things. But his popularity among the masses can't be denied. He is a good person and for the masses, he is honest too. His decision to jump into the fray in the national election might pose a serious threat to BJP. His lofty ideas about governance by the masses are neither understandable nor backed by history. His idea of fighting elections does not seem to be providing good governance, but to derail the system first. And then he thinks a new system would evolve. He is clever enough to play the emotional card to get the people's support. Therefore he is a dangerous antagonist the BJP needs to be wary of.

The writer is a former law minister, a former member of the BJP and a founding member of the Aam Admi Party

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

I do not understand lesbians gays transexuals and bisexual rights LGTB.

Supreme Court in India denied a plea to ban Article 377 realating to homosexuality today. The entire left liberal media, which was outraging against a Hindu priests closed door sexual acts, suddenly became the beacons of ageless genderless limitless sex. I am outraged.

I don't understand this LGBT experimentation, to be honest. Hence my comments on this topic must be shallow. None of the people i know seem to be directly affected by it. 


Sex with same gender...perhaps each of them have some very valid reason... Should parliament/ judiciary be pressurized to ensure a pleasurable sex life of a sampling of people not satisfied with natural ways. Should we make laws liberal for sex with animals, children, dead bodies, and what not...  Or they are not in the same category because those other object of lust cannot be brought to court to proove consent?

I would really like to understand the causes, reasons and mentality of such specimens. Is it psychological or hormonal or genetic deformity? Is it a freak defect? Or is it not a defect at all, and nature has created them for some specific need? Or they just chose for experimentation? Is it by birth or they choose? Why do they need societal certificates? Why should all society underwrite their pleasures? 

Do homosexuals demand legal sex, so they can stay with one partner. Or does it naturally mean blanket approval for sodomization orgies. Will legalizing them allow them to take over the roads in pursuit of their favored sexual objects? Will they be allowed inside gents or ladies.  I'll definitely not be comfortable in a women's loo. Will they be comfortable in our loos? Will I be comfortable with them around? And that too when they have the legal cover for their promiscuity?




I don't understand modern liberalism maybe.  But when my 5 year daughter asked me for clarifications while a media program called "what's wrong with gay sex?" ran in the background, I was certain of one thing....I'll probably never ever want her to get exposed to these people. 

Monday, December 9, 2013

Unmasking the AAP.

Truth about AAP.

Why should I distrust a soft speaking democrat who quotes the most holiest of scriptures at every given opportunity. One who "sacrifices" CM chair even more than the last known mega sacrifice in the history of the country - by Sonia of the PM chair (sarcasm intended).

People in various places in India place their trust on some local political formation or other.

But in the interest of the nation, one cannot believe the experimental third front which offers third class alternatives from one opportune time to another.

From PDP in Kashmir, to DMK in TN, from keshubhai in Gujarat to CPI in Bengal, from the so called national alternatives of CPIM to BSP, from AGP in Assam to TMC to TDP to SP to MM .... one may choose them for some local narrow aspiration.

 But the fragmentation of polity into smaller unmanageable maverick formations has the potential to wreck nationalists' efforts to rescue the nation from the hands of a Goverment that is as bankrupt of ideas as the state of the treasury that it leaves for the nation.

On the other hand, does that mean that those large swathes who vote for small regional parties are less patriots? No, I am sure the Balkans had their own nationalist objectives too, but it did lead to Balkanization eventually. The constitution allows for federalism, or secularism or socialism or democracy ... how much ever it may be misused. 

There's no ill-will to people who wish to exercise that choice, although we have had instances when one becomes too federal for comfort... Like the hurriyat or the DMK of 70s or the ultra communists or ultra right in some cases. And the nationalist right, in its own wisdom, is ideologically opposed to such fragmenting tendencies, and raises the alarm once in a while, in their own judgement.

Not to forget, almost all lohiaites, and even VP Singh came riding on the bandwagon of clean honest politics. We've all seen what became of them. That's because idealism and romanticism doesn't run governments. They have been disastrous for the nation and this needs no elaboration.

My belief : The nation needs consolidation not fragmentation, and I agree with right-wing economic policies and a developmental governance rather than a populist doling one. The basic reason for corruption lies in the descretionary Mai-baap culture being perpetuated by a socialist license-raj.

That explains my ideological opposition to the new kids on the block. My best wishes to them, however arrogant or self-consumed in a sanctimonious righteousness they may be.

Thursday, October 17, 2013

International Schools in Nairobi, Kenya


This post is for those expats in Nairobi, who are going through the drill of scouting for good International schools in Nairobi... schools either offering courses in International Baccalaureate / IGCSE/ British or American curriculum. I spent considerable time researching and visiting and surveying schools in and around Westlands.

It;s also for parents who want more all round development. I am biased by the location of my residence, hence not all schools are covered, Just sharing my research for Grade 1. I am willing to update this post as I get more information...

Standard Disclaimers apply. Assumptions have been made liberally. Please do not depend on my research for your decision. Get in touch with the school for details...

Having said that, I welcome your comments/ suggestions/  updates/ corrections. I'll try to incorporate as much as possible on the post, to make it most useful to readers.

Please refer the list of schools I considered here. This is editable for your comments or updates: :

Nairobi School Research (Costs).  Editable file.. let me know if there are any cahllenges.

1. Let me admit that most suggestions I received as an Indian were of Oshwal, Premier and certain unorthodox folks suggesting Aga Khan academy. All these are community schools, and I was looking for more cosmopolitan environment. I believe the stress on first 2 is on academics. There was a perception that Premier is more cosmo than Oshwal.

2. Aga Khan is IB, is affordable compared to the schools it competes with. However, admissions are difficult, as far as perceptions go.

3. I loved ISK. And Peopni. But they're expensive. Braeburn is equally expensive, but the school is smaller. ISK spreads across 50 acres, and everything you want in a school is there. I'd rate it the best.

4. I've heard good thing about Nairobi International School, but yet to visit. They were on a term break last time I visited. Seemed small from over the closed gate. In fact I kept missing it on James Gichuru, and had t rely on my GPS!


Saturday, April 20, 2013

Tatas partner the CII Exim Bank Africa Conclave

The 9th CII Exim Bank Conclave on India-Africa Project Partnership was held during March 17-19 at the Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi. The Tata group partnered the conclave and Tata International anchored group participation. This year the companies that contributed to the sponsorship included Tata Chemicals, Tata Projects, Tata Motors, and Tata Sons.

Syamal Gupta, special advisor, Tata International, and chairman, CII Africa Committee, spoke at the special opening and inaugural sessions. Senior Tata executives participated as panellists / moderators at the key plenary and country-specific sessions. These included Anil Sardana, MD, Tata Power; Raman Dhawan, MD, Tata Africa Holdings; Dr Mukund Rajan, Tata brand custodian and chief ethics officer, and Dr S Roy, group economic advisor. A special media session on Tatas in Africa was also organised.
Raman Dhawan, MD, Tata Africa Holdings, addressing the audience during the conclave


The conclave was the largest ever event on India-Africa business engagement and underlined its importance as the platform for establishing business. Among those present included eight heads of state, 64 ministers and 38 parliamentarians from more than 40 countries. There were about 1,500 delegates of which around 900 were from Africa. More than 500 Indian delegates also registered. This proves that the idea with which the conclave was started in 2005 is being served and the agenda of South-South cooperation is truly moving forward.

Delegates from Tata International included Thamsanqa Mbele, MD designate, Tata Africa Holdings, and S Kundra from Tata Uganda. Other Tata delegates were from Tata Capital, Tata Power Solar Systems, Tata Services, Tata Consulting Engineers, among others.

A special Tata session was designed to present partnership opportunities with Tata Chemicals (replicating the successful model of Grow More Pulses) and Tata Projects (for a large gamut of projects in the EPC space).

The Nano that was arranged to be displayed at the hotel premises for the benefit of the African dignitaries turned out to be a major draw. Almost all the dignitaries including the Zambian vice president, the Cameroon prime minister stepped forward to enjoy a quick ride and expressed admiration for the compactness of the car.
Dr Mukund Rajan, Tata brand custodian and chief ethics officer, speaking at the conclave

The Tata group’s foray into Africa has been led by Tata Africa, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata International. Currently headquartered in South Africa, Tata Africa first set up base in Zambia in 1977 and has since established a substantial presence for the group over the past few decades, steadily expanding its footprint across sectors. It has a presence in more than 15 countries including South Africa, Zambia, Mozambique, Uganda, Namibia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Malawi, Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Cote d’voire, Ethiopia, Madagascar spanning sectors such as automotive, mining, leather, steel, telecommunication, power, healthcare, value-added trading, IT and hospitality.

Over the years, Tata Africa has entered into joint ventures / alliances / partnerships with several African companies to help develop local resources and talent. Tata Africa employs over 3,000 people locally and many more are indirectly engaged in major industrial sectors. It has facilitated collaborations for projects and businesses and has successfully created a niche for the Tata brand, its values and commitment to the larger community, sustaining relationships with cooperation and trust, creating employment opportunities, aiding capacity building efforts.

Anil Sardana (centre), MD, Tata Power, along with other dignitaries at the conclave The conclave was the largest ever event on India-Africa business engagement
Several Tata companies put up their stalls at the conclave
The Tata Nano on display at the conclave was a major draw 

Thursday, February 28, 2013

10 Reasons you Hate your Job.


Some of the most heard reasons of why you hate your job:



1. Not Challenging:  You are not challenged in a role, it's the same work day after day after day. when at the the end of the day you think what you did the whole day doesn't count and it was just a waste.
2. Too much Challenge: Some others may be having too much challenges, where they are overworked and understaffed.
3. Appreciation: You are not appreciated. Your give your hard work, blood and sweat, and your boss thinks you are on vacation.
4. Utilization: You are incorrectly utilized, or have limited opportunities to advance or grow within the organization. Either You have hit a glass ceiling or someone above has boxed you into a level from which you  think you cannot rise.
5. Priorities: As we grow older and gain more knowledge/experience we find that our priorities have changed from that of an earlier age. It was all about getting that first chance, that big jump, but it quickly changes into further growth. While challenges were important earlier, job security has become more important now.
6. Wrong Job: You suck at your job, This was not where you should have been! Your are unprepared, untrained, or unskilled and even the basic elements of that job cause you stress.
7. Wrong people: People around you suck. Your boss is a bully, your teammates are slothful procrastinators, Boss Bullying direct reports, spreading lies about people while taking credit for their success, yelling and swearing...
8. Sub-optimized Organizational structure, workplace conditions, etc adding upto negative reinforcements, internal competitiveness, and a lack of collaboration work ethic. Everyone is at everyone's throat, intrigue, politics and power games rule the roost. Protecting your turf is more important than performance and success.
9. No leadership or guidance, and your career is just drifting away!
10. Contribution to Organization: You are in a department or region which contributes little to the organization, and therefore everybody has forgotten about you! You're not relevant in the larger organization.

What are your thoughts? Any reasons why you hate your job?