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AlexSatan

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39. If that is all it takes

Reply to quinnox (Reply #16)

Sun Dec 16, 2012, 02:42 AM

Dec 2012

Most of the US would be locked up.

What evidence was there he was a danger to himself or others?

If it is just because he is weird, most people formerly known as APSYs would be locked up.

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This kid should have been locked away in an asylum [View all] quinnox Dec 2012 OP

If criminal insanity could be determined at a whim defacto7 Dec 2012 #1

"criminally insane" former-republican Dec 2012 #2

Maybe it wouldn't have gotten that far. Warpy Dec 2012 #3

it was reagan who closed them Mothdust Dec 2012 #4

I just don't like the implication that someone who has a mental former-republican Dec 2012 #7

Yes it was newfie11 Dec 2012 #33

that is not the answer. cali Dec 2012 #5

I did a nursing rotation in those warehouses in the 70's and it was horrible. nt Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #12

Yes, people with mental illness NEED PROFESSIONAL HELP 99th_Monkey Dec 2012 #6

The family had plenty of money and the mother had apparently ended her career to take care of her JCMach1 Dec 2012 #8

I agree with you, JCMach 1. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #15

Am I the only one, or is reminding anyone else of 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' JCMach1 Dec 2012 #17

He did a great job: jsr Dec 2012 #40

I agree LeftInTX Dec 2012 #24

I haven't read that he had any history of violence TexasBushwhacker Dec 2012 #9

A simplistic, draconian solution to a complex problem. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #10

Um. Not due to anything PC. "PC" plan was to close the inhumand prison like asylums and Luminous Animal Dec 2012 #11

this shows how being PC to the extreme can quinnox Dec 2012 #19

Do you even know what those places were like? white_wolf Dec 2012 #25

well, on one hand we have a bunch of dead kids, and on the other quinnox Dec 2012 #31

your take is beyond sickening. You don't seem to have a fucking clue cali Dec 2012 #34

There is very little locking people up anymore unless it's in prison or jail. There are a few state Michigan Alum Dec 2012 #13

this incident shows that should change quinnox Dec 2012 #18

"Do what I say or else". Very democratic. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #20

I read your post quinnox Dec 2012 #22

Mental illness is more complex than that, especially when compounded with negative circumstances Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #27

I've not seen one exmple of him being violent prior to this. LisaL Dec 2012 #14

for being disturbed quinnox Dec 2012 #16

I invite you to spend a month in a psych ward or institution. You may find it would change your Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #21

Seriously. Even the current ones are closer to prisons than hospitals. white_wolf Dec 2012 #28

I'm astonished you are thinking like this for former-republican Dec 2012 #23

Why don't you give some examples of how anyone would know he LisaL Dec 2012 #26

its all over the news quinnox Dec 2012 #29

Without providing a single example of what was disturbing about thim. LisaL Dec 2012 #30

and what if, as it seems, he had no dangerous verbalization or acts cali Dec 2012 #35

How did they know he posed a danger to others? I read that he was "well-behaved." pnwmom Dec 2012 #38

If that is all it takes AlexSatan Dec 2012 #39

And if I find your idea disturbing, disturbed and a danger to others........? JohnnyLib2 Dec 2012 #32

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest TomClash Dec 2012 #36

As far as I know, he'd never previously committed a crime. pnwmom Dec 2012 #37

I had a friend whose sister died under ohheckyeah Dec 2012 #41