Thank you for your gentle heart. More understanding is needed. But, is locking these people up the way to go? How do we go forward? Such a sad, sad situation.
>>But, is locking these people up the way to go?<<
Yes, it is.
If they are a danger to themselves or society, it is.
The idea of personal freedom for someone who is looking to suicide, kill or hurt others, is dangerous. The experiment has failed. Now is the time to return to “mental insitutions” but with better treatment.
But, is locking these people up the way to go? How do we go forward? Such a sad, sad situation.
For some people custodial care is necessary because ofthe breadth and depth of their illness. They would not just be locked in but the negitive forces in the world would be lockied out. they need protection from themeselves and from others. They are prey. Having a home in an institution is not a bad thing.
My biggest fear is that the radical individulism and leftist rehtoric will lead us as a culture to kill these people rather than instinutionalize them. We are rapidly approaching the place in our culture that we would be able to talk ourselves into killing them rather than taking away their freedom.