> So when Carlin say "I’ll bet if they had still been calling it 'shell shock,' some of those Vietnam veterans might have received the attention they needed.",

> So when Carlin say "I’ll bet if they had still been calling it 'shell shock,' some of those Vietnam veterans might have received the attention they needed.", I don't really think that's true. I came here to say the same thing. The historical record does not support Carlin's claim that straightforward language would have resulted in better social support for traumatized veterans. WWI veterans were treated terribly. I guess the real test is to re-introduce "shell shock" into our vocabulary and see if there's a correlation in improved veteran support.