Re: Shooting of the Week
Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 3:04 pm
I renew my hat in hand appeal for nut control.
When we had state hospitals for the obviously deranged we had a layer of protection. But then those hospitals were thought inhumane (and some of them were pretty shabby and rank). Rather than improving the hospitals we let the inmates run free, with new and improved sanity pills.
Basically, we did not want to pay what mental health care costs.
Today it is nearly impossible to commit someone long term. With the near-elimination of nuthouses, we now have nowhere to put them.
When we had state hospitals for the obviously deranged we had a layer of protection. But then those hospitals were thought inhumane (and some of them were pretty shabby and rank). Rather than improving the hospitals we let the inmates run free, with new and improved sanity pills.
Basically, we did not want to pay what mental health care costs.
Today it is nearly impossible to commit someone long term. With the near-elimination of nuthouses, we now have nowhere to put them.