Re: Bad reporting Hazards to Homeless article

BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

Sat, 13 Apr 2024 23:20:47 -0700 The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>:

. . .

You're suggesting forcible confinement in mental health facilities

Actually, no, I was not even *thinking* of doing that.

You may not be, but I am. If you're violently mentally ill, walking
around threatening people and attacking them, you need to be removed
from society. If your illness is such that treatment is ineffective,
then you stay there forever. But there's no reason the rest of us should
have to run the risk of being attacked, stabbed, set on fire, whatever
your delusions are telling you to do just going about our daily lives.

It is unfortunate that these cases aren't handled that way. The local
prosecutor could have a specialized team of assistant prosecutors that
take these cases directly to equity rather than criminal court, seeking
such an order.