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re: Remember Thomas Johnson? Sad Situation...
Posted on 10/13/15 at 8:38 am to Cooter Davenport
Posted on 10/13/15 at 8:38 am to Cooter Davenport
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This is why we had mental institutions in this country until the courts dismembered them.
Courtesy of the same leftists who now whine about government spending too much on prisons and too little on mental health.
The only good thing now is that Johnson will likely end up at the state hospital in Vernon and he will be forced to take his medications.
(For those outside of Texas, Vernon is the location of the state hospital for the criminally insane. If you remember the tragic Andrea Yates story, that's where she was sent.)
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Posted on 10/13/15 at 9:40 am to Quidam65
Yep. Agree 100%.
My aunt is schizophrenic and you wouldn't believe how hard it is to get her committed. The woman will be destroying her house, launching all sorts of paranoid conspiracies, wrecking people's lives, presenting a clear threat to herself and others, and it's like climbing K2 to get her locked up for a few weeks!
When you hear about clear wack-jobs killing people and wonder to yourself, 'how could they have just been left to their own devices when everyone knew that they were crazy and dangerous', KNOW that people probably did try, but the system is set against ever putting them in a mental hospital. You have to kill someone first to get in there. That's the barrier to entry... as mind-blowing as it is.
My aunt is schizophrenic and you wouldn't believe how hard it is to get her committed. The woman will be destroying her house, launching all sorts of paranoid conspiracies, wrecking people's lives, presenting a clear threat to herself and others, and it's like climbing K2 to get her locked up for a few weeks!
When you hear about clear wack-jobs killing people and wonder to yourself, 'how could they have just been left to their own devices when everyone knew that they were crazy and dangerous', KNOW that people probably did try, but the system is set against ever putting them in a mental hospital. You have to kill someone first to get in there. That's the barrier to entry... as mind-blowing as it is.
This post was edited on 10/13/15 at 9:42 am
Posted on 10/13/15 at 1:44 pm to Warrior Poet
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Sad situation? He fricking killed a guy who was out jogging apparently for no reason. I just got back from my run. Guess I'm lucky to be alive.
in truth, he clearly wasn't right in the head and its on us that he wasn't confined given involuntary treatment for his own well being. Now a guy is dead, and I hope the prosecution hammers his arse.
I couldnt have said it better myself. Former aggie player or not, mental problems or not, you dont fricking do that. You want to go to jail? Theres other creative ways you can take that "extended" vacation without resorting to killing. Rot in prison, scumbag.
Posted on 10/26/15 at 12:47 pm to Aggie Fishfinder
Wife of the murdered jogger took her life. This is one of the saddest stories I have seen in a while
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Posted on 10/26/15 at 12:55 pm to WestCoastAg
Breaks my heart
Posted on 10/26/15 at 12:57 pm to WestCoastAg
Goddamn. That's terrible.
Posted on 10/26/15 at 12:59 pm to PhilipMarlowe
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Goddamn. That's terrible.
+1. Just terrible.
Posted on 10/26/15 at 1:38 pm to Quidam65
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Courtesy of the same leftists who now whine about government spending too much on prisons and too little on mental health.
That is very reductionist claim and completely ignores why the move towards deinstitutionalisation started and that it was a bipartisan effort begun by Kennedy and finished off by Reagan. Both ends of the political spectrum have been terrible at understanding and dealing w/mental illness.
This post was edited on 10/26/15 at 1:40 pm
Posted on 10/26/15 at 1:45 pm to WestCoastAg
Damn.
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