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Institutionalization. I’m all in favor of nice institutions and every effort at rehabilitation but if you are in such a condition that you can’t go about your l
by bradleyjg 5y ago
Institutionalization. I’m all in favor of nice institutions and every effort at rehabilitation but if you are in such a condition that you can’t go about your life without ruining those of everyone around you, then society is entitled to protect itself by removing you.
- ashtonkem 5y agoNo way that power will be abused, nosiree… I am also extremely dubious that there are anywhere near as many untreatable cases as people seem to think.
- bradleyjg 5y agoYou’ve had fifty years to work on it and made no progress. This is exactly the “few more tens of millions of dollars and a few hundred more well intentioned social workers” argument I predicted.
- ashtonkem 5y agoI certainly haven’t seen my preferred solution, just building them houses, done for fifty years. Sure sounds like you’re asserting that my preferred plan hasn’t worked despite it not having been tried at all and therefore asserting that the only choice is your plan. What I’ve seen is fifty years of increased incarceration, police spending, and soaring housing prices.