Keith and Tourettes

[Kevin O'Neal]

>L. Bird pkeets at hotmail.com
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>>I think his problem was most BPD:
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borderline_Personality_Disorder
>
>Looks to be a good fit.

Looks to be a good fit ???
Those are very few words, for you, Ms. Keets, so I can only assume that this 
discussion makes you feel a bit uncomfortable too.
Sounds like a quick cut off.
Good.

I don't think it's fair or ethical, and am more than "a bit" uncomfortable, 
for us to sit back in our Monday morning quarterback chairs and speculate 
about a persons mental condition, in writing, on such an open and very 
public and permanent forum.  Labeling people with any diagnosis, but 
particularly Behavioral Health diagnoses will get you in trouble (not you 
specifically Keets).  It is a touchy thing, to say the least, and can be 
*very* damaging to a person, their career, and their family.
This sort of speculation is plain wrong, in my book.

Here's some food for thought....
We *all* have dual personalities to certain extents.
I, for one, am *very* professional at work.  White collar, tie, present in 
front of entire facility medical staffs in an average month.
In that same average month, when I'm off work, I can go to NY and rip up the 
town with my Who buds (ok, not an *average* month...but you get the point.).
We all can act differently when at work.

How can one judge a person only from footage of a man who was at work?  If 
anyone has footage of Keith where he doesn't know he's on camera and is 
"on", please share.
The man had a work persona...a character.
He was "Moon The Loon!" for crying out loud.
All actors and celebrities do.
It's all "character" in front of the cameras, and ball-scratching like other 
humans when the camera is off.

Maybe Keith was just not comfortable in front of the camera?  Not everyone 
is.
I always thought of Keith as uncomfortably shy, and nothing more.  Think of 
the TKAA interview with Ringo having to constantly turn Keith's head to face 
the camera.
Or think of the Smother's Brother's segment, where Keith looks *painfully* 
uncomfortable.
 Add alcohol and other drugs and you get a deepened sense of insecurity.

If I represented Keith Moon's estate, and got wind of this thread, I'd be 
coming after the perpetrators.

Let's use the Golden Rule, aye?

Kevin in VT