(Steve Pope) wrote in news:k54cvf$ovc$1
@blue-new.rahul.net:

> Michel Boucher > wrote:
>
>>Because being thin-skinned is an observable condition, like
>>persistent conservatism, neither of which is curable.
>
> I've concluded conservatism is an anger disorder. Something
> like "borderline personality". A diagnosable derangement.

Where does it sit in the DSM IV? I believe it is not curable
because it hasn't yet been identified as a disorder or chemical
imbalance in the brain. Research however is starting to reveal
that an enlarged amygdala is double-plus ungood, brain-wise:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1012/10122301

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