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[Mark J]

9 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

No have you been treated for alcoholism 

Yes, successfully. What of it? 

[Johnsond]

9 minutes ago, Mark J said:

Yes, successfully. What of it? 

Nothing just asking seeing as you are asking personal questions about someone’s medical history. possibly a sign of what’s described below. 

 

Like depression and other mental illnesses, addiction is a very real medical disorder that is rooted in brain changes. Alcohol addiction is a complex disease with psychological, biological and social components, and like other chronic illnesses, addiction often involves cycles of relapse and remission

[Mark J]

58 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

Nothing just asking seeing as you are asking personal questions about someone’s medical history. possibly a sign of what’s described below. 

 

Like depression and other mental illnesses, addiction is a very real medical disorder that is rooted in brain changes. Alcohol addiction is a complex disease with psychological, biological and social components, and like other chronic illnesses, addiction often involves cycles of relapse and remission

You might be surprised, but I probably know a bit more about it than a snidey AI search.

 

[Mark J]

 

[Mark J]

[tree-fancier123]

1 hour ago, Mark J said:

 

hmm - the video presenter and most of the comments are like ' no way would a 30-06 round not go right through - some even suggesting the guy on the roof was a cover for another shooter with a lower powered rifle

 

Martin Luther King was shot with the same calibre rifle and surgeons could feel the bullet inside him while they tried to save him

At 6:01 pm, just as King was leaning over the railing, he was shot by a .30-06 high-powered rifle. He fell backwards immediately. The bullet entered on the right side of his face and neck, and he began bleedThey were able to palpate the bullet in King's left back, just medial to his left scapula. ing profusely from the neck wound. Andrew Young was one of the first individuals to attend to King. He initially thought King was dead, but felt a pulse. As King lay bleeding on the second floor balcony of the motel, his head was placed on a pillow, his wound was covered with a towel, and a blanket was placed on his torso. He demonstrated some movement of his mouth, but he did not speak after the shooting and quickly lost consciousness.¹⁹

 

As the surgeons further explored the wound they could see that the bullet had injured the spine at the C7 and T1 vertebral levels. The spinal cord was also transected at that site. They were able to palpate the bullet in King's left back, just medial to his left scapula.