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TygrBright

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5. Absolutely. And implicit in "facing" them is acknowledging their COMPLEXITY. And thus...

Reply to liberal_at_heart (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 2, 2013, 10:16 PM

Apr 2013

...eschewing the "simple" solution...

...accepting that we won't always get it right...

...making difficult choices...

...acknowledging that to protect some rights we must infringe on others...

...and a host of other difficult, complicated processes that are only made worse by stigma and assumptions.

determinedly,
Bright

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Mental Illness, Evil, and Blame [View all] TygrBright Apr 2013 OP

Thanks, Bright. elleng Apr 2013 #1

Beat me to it, lol. Neoma Apr 2013 #2

we cannot back away from gun control and we cannot back away from increasing access to mental health liberal_at_heart Apr 2013 #3

Absolutely. And implicit in "facing" them is acknowledging their COMPLEXITY. And thus... TygrBright Apr 2013 #5

K&R. Neoma Apr 2013 #4

The law has some specific definitions of mental illness The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2013 #6

There is some agreement among many states in re: criminal insanity as a defense TygrBright Apr 2013 #7

A trial that's going on right now The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2013 #11

Yes, that was precisely the case I referred to in the OP TygrBright Apr 2013 #12

It's hard to "win" an insanity case The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2013 #13

Brilliant and beautifully written davidthegnome Apr 2013 #8

Wow. Thank you! TygrBright Apr 2013 #10

I wish our justice system were re-structured in such a way that people don't feel that winter is coming Apr 2013 #9

Occasionally you have someone who's caseymoz Apr 2013 #14

yep libodem Apr 2013 #15

Excellent post BainsBane Apr 2013 #16