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> Addiction is a psychological disorder - it is not at all a matter of self-control.

And self-control is not psychological?

> people need to stop equating really liking something and being addicted to said thing.

Self control is precisely the difference between really linking something and consuming a reasonable/healthy amount of it vs being addicted to it and overconsuming.



> And self-control is not psychological?

The disorder that you dropped from "psychological" is actually semantically important, you know.

> Self control is precisely the difference between really linking something and consuming a reasonable/healthy amount of it vs being addicted to it and overconsuming.

If you were unable to get the hint from the other examples I gave, I'll be plain: you are terribly mistaken, addiction is a disorder of the brain.

What moral failing do you assume people with mood or anxiety disorders have?


> The disorder that you dropped from "psychological" is actually semantically important, you know.

Lack of self control can be described as a 'psychological disorder'. Also you completely avoided the actual question :) - maybe try answering it instead of playing semantics?

> I'll be plain: you are terribly mistaken, addiction is a disorder of the brain.

So you replaced 'phsycological disorder' with 'disorder of the brain'? That's supposed to make your point less pointless?

> What moral failing do you assume people with mood or anxiety disorders have?

Again, nowhere did I mention the word 'moral'. Try to address what I actually said instead of imagining strawmen in every comment.

> If you were unable to get the hint from the other examples I gave

No, I didn't get any 'hint' from your pointless examples. You see, I try to read what you said directly and respond directly, without any imagined 'hints', strawmen, or meaningless semantic games around vague and ambiguous terms.




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