Last July the New York Times ran an Op-Ed piece about post-partum depression by Brooke Shields, following the uproar over Tom Cruise's criticisms of her for having used anti-depressant drugs to alleviate her suffering. I wrote this letter to the editor, which wasn't published. - CG ------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: CraigGingold <gingold@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: letters@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Tom Cruise & Post-partum Depression Date sent: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 06:17:40 -0700 Editor: Bravo to Brooke Shields -- and a big Thumbs Down to the insufferable Tom Cruise. When he was on Access Hollywood in May, Mr. Cruise acknowledged that post-partum depression is "a hormonal thing... scientifically, you can prove that," but then told Matt Lauer on the Today Show, "there is no such thing as a chemical imbalance." He seems not to grasp the simple fact that hormones are chemicals. Tom Cruise's misguided admonitions on the subject of post-partum depression are far more damaging than a splash of water. How ironic that when Mr. Cruise was squirted in the face by a prankster last month, he angrily asked the man, "Why would you do that?" and followed up by telling the miscreant "You are a jerk, a jerk..." Perhaps he needs to take a look in the mirror. Craig Gingold PO Box 74 Midpines CA 95345 (209) 742-2004 Note: the words I quoted were found in the following articles -- Brooke & Tom's War of the Words http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/entnews/eo/20050603/111784140000.html Tom a pill on TV http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/322208p-275490c.html Prank Against Tom Cruise Leads to Arrests http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/print?id=865392 ------- End of forwarded message ------- ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Clean water saves lives. Help make water safe for our children. http://us.click.yahoo.com/CHhStB/VREMAA/E2hLAA/xYTolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> New Pacifica Working Group http://www.egroups.com/group/NewPacifica 'Save Our Stations!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewPacifica/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: NewPacifica-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/