Fwd: How Mr. Robinson Sacked Mr. Paxil

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> SSRI-Research

> Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:56:18 -0400

> [sSRI-Research] How Mr. Robinson Sacked Mr.

> Paxil

>

> How Mr. Robinson Sacked Mr. Paxil

> Posted by: CULTURESHOCKTV.COM

> Sun Aug 22 21:54:39 2004

>

>

> By Tony Zizza

>

>

>

http://www.cultureshocktv.com/internews/2002/aug22200422607.shtml

>

>

> Interestingly enough, Terry Bradshaw, much

> like Mike Wallace, tells the media he will be on

> antidepressants for the rest of his life. They

> believe in drugs that will (but, when?) relieve

> their depression enough to live life. They have

> spent an awful amount of time standing behind the

> diagnosis of depression and always fight the alleged

> stigma men feel regarding depression.

>

> It has been said that you don't know the true

> character of a man until he has been -

> challenged.

>

> This clever maxim will serve us well as we

> look at how

> it was possible for a man by the name of Rob

> Robinson

> to sack Mr. Paxil, that is, the Pro Football

> Hall of

> Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw - without even

> touching him.

>

> Rob Robinson is a man who felt victimized by

> GlaxoSmithKline's antidepressant, Paxil. It

> took him

> a long time to even recover enough from the

> drug to

> the best of his ability to go on to form a

> group

> called SSRI Citizen. His website,

> (www.ssricitizen.org) properly refers to Terry

> Bradshaw as " Mr.Paxil. "

>

> Keep all this in mind when you consider what

> it took

> for Mr. Robinson to sack Mr. Paxil. Again,

> without

> even touching him. Rob Robinson lives in

> Chattanooga,

> Tennessee. When he learned Terry Bradshaw was

> going

> to deliver a fundraising speech at The

> Fortwood Center

> in Chattanooga, he went to work.

>

> Mr. Robinson contacted the speakers bureau Mr.

> Paxil

> is affiliated with to let them know a planned

> protest

> would be awaiting Terry Bradshaw on November

> 18th,

> 2004. He continued to work on his excellent

> website

> (www.ssricitizen.org) and he sent out a Press

> Release

> to the media explaining why a protest would be

> held,

> not to mention the dangers of Paxil, and much

> more.

>

> Remember, Mr. Robinson was victimized by the

> drug

> Paxil. When he learned Mr. Paxil himself was

> coming

> to his hometown of Chattanooga to essentially

> talk up

> Paxil, Mr. Robinson took action - not a

> backseat like

> so many people do when they see celebrities

> purposefully sell depression and drugs to the

> American

> people.

>

> Would you believe that on August 12th, more

> than three

> months before Mr. Paxil was to deliver the

> speech he

> promised The Fortwood Center, Terry Bradshaw,

> the

> former hero inside jersey #12, backed down -

> " citing a

> locally based website that has been critical

> of him. "

>

> Interestingly enough, Terry Bradshaw, much

> like Mike

> Wallace, tells the media he will be on

> antidepressants

> for the rest of his life. They believe in

> drugs that

> will (but, when?) relieve their depression

> enough to

> live life. They have spent an awful amount of

> time

> standing behind the diagnosis of depression

> and always

> fight the alleged stigma men feel regarding

> depression.

>

> For Mr. Paxil to completely back down from

> delivering

> his speech at The Fortwood Center this fall,

> you have

> to question the true character of Terry

> Bradshaw. I

> wonder if he will reimburse The Fortwood

> Center for

> the thousands of dollars they spent promoting

> the fact

> Terry Bradshaw was coming to town.

>

> On a more personal level, I was absolutely

> shocked

> that Mr. Paxil backed down so easily, so

> quickly.

> I've had the pleasure of talking to Mr.

> Robinson on

> the telephone several times about the planned

> protest.

> I only live 100 miles from Chattanooga, I

> weaned a

> family member off Paxil, I am a rabid Steelers

> fan, and

> I believed in what Mr. Robinson had in mind -

> I looked

> forward to helping him protest on November

> 18th.

>

> It is high time celebrities stop acting like

> our

> shrinks for crying out loud. It's bad enough

> President George W. Bush wants us all screened

> for

> mental illness. It's sad enough a Brave New

> World has

> been cast over us like a net.

>

> We've got heroes in Iraq who are our American

> soldiers, we've got heroes at home who are our

> parents

> standing by their children. However, one of

> the

> biggest heroes this year is Rob Robinson. He

> often

> cites this quote from Margaret Mead:

>

> " Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,

> committed citizens can change the world;

> indeed, it's

> the only thing that ever has. "

>

> Mr. Robinson, you are living proof of the

> power of

> this quote.

>

> Mr. Paxil would be blessed if he had an ounce

> of the

> character you have displayed as a man in your

> noble

> effort to educate the American people about

> the

> serious side effects of Paxil and other

> dangerous

> drugs.

>

> email address: tz777

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