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I agree that some background checks need to be done for sensitive jobs, such as government jobs you describe. However the article is about a woman who was just
by S4M 13y ago
I agree that some background checks need to be done for sensitive jobs, such as government jobs you describe. However the article is about a woman who was just crossing the border between Canada and US. This should have just been a formality, provided she wasn't carrying weapons or drugs, and the fact that the check was so thorough for this is what scares me the most in the article. Basically how long do we need to wait before the boarding agents scan our gmails and participation to any internet forum or social network to assert we are not gonna do crazy things once we have entered in the US?
- d0ugie 13y agoI was writing more in response to whether or not "profiling the mentally ill" is a shameful thing or a good idea for society in general, not this woman trying to cross the border. Hers is a soft anecdote to use as context for an important question.
- S4M 13y agoWell, the answer to "is profiling the mentallly ill a bad thing to do?" would be: it depends of the circumstances. It can be legitimate for important things such as the ones you describe, and completely out of proportion for other things, such as crossing the Canada US border.
- fit2rule 13y agoYou don't become an 'officially mentally ill person' without serious profiling, anyway. The DSM-IV is nothing but a book of massive discrimination. One mans religion is another mans madness; and vice versa. Make no mistake - we will never be rid of hatred and intolerance in the world for as long as we have industrialised mental health institutions producing their discriminating materials. Without discrimination, you can't "diagnose" someone as having a "mental disorder" that is "socially not accepted and therefore requires treatment".