Well, 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 suc

Well, 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.