Law & Order SVU rips Tom Cruise

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Albeit indirectly:

The whole situation takes a turn when it is revealed that Jamie is bi-polar, and that she had stopped taking her medication. It is this fact that led to her erratic behavior and false accusations. When questioned about why she stopped, she did it on the advice of her idol, rock star Derek Lord (played by one of the Boondock Saints, Norman Reedus).

Lord is clearly inspired by the recent drug insanity of Tom Cruise. Lord is shown in news clips railing against psychology and the use of psychotropic drugs. Being a huge rock star and author, he is an inspiration to many youths who take his word as gospel and stop taking their potentially life saving drugs, Jamie being one of them.

When Jamie is arrested for manslaughter, Lord shows up to pay for her defense. This development makes that much harder to get a fair trial, but the trial goes on. The turning point comes when Derek Lord is put on the stand, and it is revealed that he had undergone forced psychiatric treatment, including electro shock treatment, to cure him of a mental disorder. This throws his arguments out the window and allows the jury to find the defendant guilty of manslaughter.
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/05/19/113906.php

[mopinko]

1. wouldn't it be great

to hold some of these jackasses responsible for the damage that their stupidity does. oh, to live in the tv.

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2. Indeed it would

I'd love somebody to tell Tom Cruise, "Just because you're a movie star who ascribes to a screwy
'religion', that doesn't make you an authority on psychiatry. Until you get a degree in the field, stop giving medical advice to people!"

[varkam]

3. You haven't studied the history of Psychiatry!

And I have! Yes, you know what Lashaun Harris needed? Vitamins and exercise.

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4. Well, I'm convinced

I'm going to secretly replace all of my clients' psychiatric meds with vitamins starting tomorrow. I can't wait to see the positive changes that will result!















;-)

[Random_Australian]

5. For the faintest fraction of a second, I thought you were bieng serious.

*whewf*

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6. Egads, no

Bad RA!

:P

It's not like the spirits of Tom Cruise and/or my roomie invaded me or anything. :rofl: (nor that I believe in spirits anyway)

[Random_Australian]

7. *kthwump* *kthwump* is that you jumping on the couch again Buffy?

:)

And your roomie would make a good, alright bad horror novel.

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8. I'm in looooove, I'm in looooove!

Ok, it's not a couch, but since I don't have a smiley of a guy jumping on a couch it will have to do. :shrug:

As to my roomie she's not horror novel material, but she does have some radical views to be sure.

[Random_Australian]

9. The Radical Views Code: New action horror film. Follows the

person holding radical views for a while, then crossing the line into fundyism, then bieng slain by the FundieSlayer. heh heh heh.

Could be worse, he could eat a placenta......


wait....

[Kire]

10. And why did Lord look like he hasn't showered in months?

To show that he needed some medication himself? They didn't make it apparent, though. You had to kind of infer that.

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11. I think that was just to give him that "grunge" rock star effect

Even though the age of "grunge" is long over. :shrug: