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The comment you responded to was about the utility of quickly filing missing persons reports. Your response said that people with dementia filed as missing woul
by seibelj 11y ago
The comment you responded to was about the utility of quickly filing missing persons reports. Your response said that people with dementia filed as missing would be lucky to survive an encounter with a police officer. It seems like you have an axe to grind that is completely irrelevant to the topic of discussion. I don't know your political inclinations but your arguments are illogical and confusing.
I said it would be better for reddit, because comments like yours are common there, while fairly uncommon on HN
- MrJagil 11y agoI would say that your stab at reddit was just as meaningless as his initial comment. Why didn't you post what you just posted in the first place? If you really want to help keep HN clean, avoid the snide one-liners. Either leave it at a down-vote or post a proper reply.
- DanBC 11y ago> Your response said that people with dementia filed as missing would be lucky to survive an encounter with a police officer. Relatives often call the police when someone with a mental health problem is in distress or has gone for a walk or whatever. We don't know how many encounters with police end happily. We do know that Many of the encounters that end with a loved one being shot started when a relative called the police. (Obviously this is in the US. Other countries have plenty of police involvement with mentally ill people, who are sometimes armed with similar weapons to the US cases, that don't end with the ill person being killed.) I agree with you about how that point is being made.