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Originally Posted by PennBF
In NY (Hudson Valley) there was a very sizable Mental Health Hospital. Then came along the ACLU who said there was no right to "lock people up" who were mentally ill without due process. They took it to the courts and the courts agreed. SO ALL THE MENTALLY ILL IN THIS VERY LARGE MENTAL HOSPITAL WERE IMMEDIATELY TURNED LOOSE ON THE STREETS. You are seeing the results of this action today in the shootings. Somebody said you can't lock all of the mentally ill up..If you determine they are that ill you should be able to lock them up. It is crazy for some to complain about the "nuts" killing hundreds of good people including children and then taking the position these crazy people should not be confined from humanity !! We are now seeing the results of this thinking. How does the saying go, "how you sow so shall you reap". We are now reaping the results of our actions.  |
The problem with that is that most mentally ill are people are not violent and they are far more likely to be the victims of crime rather than those who commit them. There are a very large number of Americans with problems like depression.
And the biggest problem is that psychology and psychiatry are very young sciences and are more art than science. The mind is a lot more complicated than any other human organ and not all that well understood.