Sympathy is how we ended up with asylums closed, which is the actual cause of a majority of the homeless population. A place to hold all the junkies and severely mental ill of the world, rather than just leave them on the streets.
Asylums were often horror shows that well earned the sympathy it evoked, but closing them with zero followup plans just left people who still needed to be controlled and held around but now they are out able to hurt the common populace.
Shame might work on the 1/10 who are lazy or weak minded, but the majority of them are severely mentally ill or junkies who are too far gone from reality to have dignity.
I agree entirely. I simply understand why people were against them at the time, because there was a legitimate problem in terms of how they ran.
Its just a perfect historical example of why rushing to solve a problem with emotion and empathy can make it worse for everyone, something anti-gun people should learn one day.
Sympathy is how we ended up with asylums closed, which is the actual cause of a majority of the homeless population. A place to hold all the junkies and severely mental ill of the world, rather than just leave them on the streets.
Asylums were often horror shows that well earned the sympathy it evoked, but closing them with zero followup plans just left people who still needed to be controlled and held around but now they are out able to hurt the common populace.
Shame might work on the 1/10 who are lazy or weak minded, but the majority of them are severely mentally ill or junkies who are too far gone from reality to have dignity.
The horror show didn't stop. It is instead live on the streets, and the former asylum-dwellers are now victimizing other people.
I agree entirely. I simply understand why people were against them at the time, because there was a legitimate problem in terms of how they ran.
Its just a perfect historical example of why rushing to solve a problem with emotion and empathy can make it worse for everyone, something anti-gun people should learn one day.