When the mentally ill are confronted by police who mostly only know violence this is the result. Sad. When we see a homeless dog we lock them up until a new home can be found. Shouldn't we treat people better than dogs?
There were others who decided to cut back on the cost of running public mental institutions and stopped the funding and closed the doors. The same people stopped funding homeless shelters and put people with mental problems onto the street and the homeless crisis was born. There was a time when very few people needed to live under a bridge or in a park. Some people are incapable of being rehabilitated into productive workers.We use to institutionalize the mentally ill until the movie "One Flew Over The Coo Coo Nest" showing how cold and inhumane mental institutions had become, and how "innocent" people could become victims of the state. Liberals in our society determined that people with mental problems should be allowed to live their "alternative lifestyles" , so the doors were opened to the "funny farms" and the homeless crisis was born. Believe it or not at one time in this country you could not live under a bridge or in a park. These people would be placed in state institutions and rehabilitated back into working, and being productive.
When the mentally ill are confronted by police who mostly only know violence this is the result. Sad. When we see a homeless dog we lock them up until a new home can be found. Shouldn't we treat people better than dogs?
Yeah, I was about to link to something then I decided I had better not since it wasn't green. The first post wasn't SZ material but the second one sure was.
Yes, we should.
The SZ background color is green, presumably so that people will know which forum they are in and not get carried away with a controversial angle in the main forums. Of course recently the regular forums have been way more contentious, and especially more personal, than the SZ.
That is interesting. I thought that it was the conservative tough love approach that cut funding and forced the doors to close, putting the mentally ill on the streets where they could pursue a productive life doing menial jobs for fast food restaurants and chicken farms. Silly me, all along it was the liberals doing it.We use to institutionalize the mentally ill until the movie "One Flew Over The Coo Coo Nest" showing how cold and inhumane mental institutions had become, and how "innocent" people could become victims of the state. Liberals in our society determined that people with mental problems should be allowed to live their "alternative lifestyles" , so the doors were opened to the "funny farms" and the homeless crisis was born. Believe it or not at one time in this country you could not live under a bridge or in a park. These people would be placed in state institutions and rehabilitated back into working, and being productive.
When the mentally ill are confronted by police who mostly only know violence this is the result. Sad. When we see a homeless dog we lock them up until a new home can be found. Shouldn't we treat people better than dogs?
I have recently started to agree with you. The thing is that animals are much easier to like. They have an innocence about them that humans don't have, except perhaps for babies. It's easy to blame homeless people for creating their own condition. The mentally ill are often not very likable.
A program killed by the ACLU. 
We use to institutionalize the mentally ill until the movie "One Flew Over The Coo Coo Nest" showing how cold and inhumane mental institutions had become, and how "innocent" people could become victims of the state. Liberals in our society determined that people with mental problems should be allowed to live their "alternative lifestyles" , so the doors were opened to the "funny farms" and the homeless crisis was born. Believe it or not at one time in this country you could not live under a bridge or in a park. These people would be placed in state institutions and rehabilitated back into working, and being productive.
When the mentally ill are confronted by police who mostly only know violence this is the result. Sad. When we see a homeless dog we lock them up until a new home can be found. Shouldn't we treat people better than dogs?
Actually it was two forces working together. The fiscal conservatives wanted less spending, the libertarians wanted the mentally ill to be released.
That's true but those types of mentally ill are usually not the ones in homeless shelters. They are out scamming other people.
I thought those were the sociopaths. You know, the ones running the banks.
I've actually seen that in a lot of people. I wonder why it is?
You seem to have it all figured out, just like always. How can anyone argue with that?Nope. The ACLU started suing states and communities because they were holding mentally ill people against their will. Interesting how liberals try and rewrite history.
They also stopped prisons from allowing inmates to participate in growing their own food for the prison. They were called trustees. The prison here used to raise their own chickens, beef, dairy, produce, put up hay, ect. Surplus goods were sold to the community. Proceeds were used to fund the prison saving tax dollars. Good time and on the job training could be earned by those who participated along with earning money. Some trustees actually drove themselves to the farms from the prisons, again earning respect and trust from prison officials. Another rehabilitation program snuffed out by liberals. Better to have them rot in their cells than learn the value of a dollar earned.
Currently, prisoners build homes here to learn a trade. I have looked at their product and they take great pride in their work. Most certainly liberals will shut this down also. We can't have prisoners actually working.
I thought those were the sociopaths. You know, the ones running the banks.
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Currently, prisoners build homes here to learn a trade. I have looked at their product and they take great pride in their work. Most certainly liberals will shut this down also. We can't have prisoners actually working.
