he has now officially denied it, peeps
shld be interesting to see how this plays out
i wldnt count on him being sectioned, though...pretty good quote from Penny Rimbaud i put on my blog regarding the power dynamics of sectioning:
"Since the beginning of time, the concept of mental illness has been used as a powerful political weapon against those seeking or promoting social change. Broadly speaking, madness is a fiction with which those in authority are able to dismiss those who challenge their supremacy. Terms like schizophrenia, neurosis and paranoia are pseudo-scientific labels that have as much meaning as any particular, or not so particular, individual chooses to give them. There never has been any clinical evidence for any of these 'conditions'...
The label of mental illness can be slapped onto any individual, from unwanted relatives to social critics who, for rejecting imposed conditions, are seen as nuisances and trouble-makers. Further, to avoid the embarrassment of having to criminalize those who are clearly not criminals, the State has at its command a far cleaner tool for the silencing of dissidents: sectioning or compulsory hospitalization, a method by which the authorities can imprison anyone whom two doctors are prepared to diagnose as mad...
Sectioning enables the State to take anyone off the streets and imprison them indefinitely without any crime having been committed. It also enables them, within the letter of the law, to torture and maim prisoners while suffering no real fear of exposure."