Yes, lead poisoning could really be a cause of violent crime

[Mott the Hoople]

why is it you can only see the world in black and white?

Actually he's right. The Roman empire did have bigger problems that contributed to the collapse of the western empire. Lead poisoning wasn't a major one.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

Like you.

Actually I was thinking more like Dixie and Superfreak. Insanity combined with a spastic colon are pretty good indicators of lead poisoning.

 

[Billy the Great Khan]

Actually I was thinking more like Dixie and Superfreak. Insanity combined with a spastic colon are pretty good indicators of lead poisoning.

Every post you make seems to indicate a spastic colon....and just being spastic in general.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

Every post you make seems to indicate a spastic colon....and just being spastic in general.

You haven't read Dixie or SF lately, have you?

 

[Phantasmal]

Actually he's right. The Roman empire did have bigger problems that contributed to the collapse of the western empire. Lead poisoning wasn't a major one.

The word major was never used by me.

 

[Phantasmal]

that or you can take some EDTA.

Is that safe?

 

[Airstrip One]

why is it you can only see the world in black and white?

Using the lead paint blanket is far more black and white than arguing multiple factors are at work.

 

[Airstrip One]

Actually he's right. The Roman empire did have bigger problems that contributed to the collapse of the western empire. Lead poisoning wasn't a major one.

Yeah, I've only ever really seen lead poisoning brought up in the context of Caligula, precisely because such a strong case exists for him. Never really seen a large-scale attribution of the problem throughout the Empire as a whole.