Mental problems? No worries, here's a gun...

[sprintcyclist]

The "house them in the community" effort was in response to the previous "lock them up and throw the keys away" style of treating the mentally ill. It was fashionable in the 1970s to first tear down the walls and then shut down the Asylums for the mentally ill. First started in America under Nixon and then spread around the world.

Way back there were less mentally ill people too ... these days everybody knows somebody who has a "problem" ... including autism and dyslexia.

A great idea but it was overturned by the Politicians who saw it as a way to save money. They never spent the money on the necessary community care and treatment centres. Most of the homeless in the Western world are suffering from mental illness.

Children are still being born with a mental health problem and mostly it is genetic and often it doesn't show until adolescence or later.

Why should The Federal Government be responsible for "health care" when it is the responsibility of the STATE Governments?

I was pleased to hear (from someone in the know ... I don't think it has been publicly announced) that Symonston in the ACT is where this new facility is being erected. My Ophthalmologist was at the Canberra Eye Hospital out there and has since moved to Deakin ... so that buildings can be demolished and the new "facility" built.

IF this is for real, the ACT Labor/Green Government is worth a point (only one, mind you). They have had to do something to keep all the Chardonnay drinkers and pot smokers happy.

' ................ Why should The Federal Government be responsible for "health care" when it is the responsibility of the STATE Governments? ............. '

I thought it would be the parents problem.
they should be allowed to give the kids back

[Bobby]

33,000 people die every year in the USA from firearms -
countless more are injured & suffer lifelong trauma.
33,000 is 11 times the number of people killed on 9/11 yet
it doesn't get the same attention - go figure?

I would not want to live in America where almost every sicko, mental case
& wannabe Rambo has a gun & would shoot you for doing nothing.
America is finished as a civilised nation -
it's just a concrete jungle.

[IQS.RLOW]

33,000 people die every year in the USA from firearms -
countless more are injured & suffer lifelong trauma.
33,000 is 11 times the number of people killed on 9/11 yet
it doesn't get the same attention - go figure?

I would not want to live in America where almost every sicko, mental case
& wannabe Rambo has a gun & would shoot you for doing nothing.
America is finished as a civilised nation -
it's just a concrete jungle.

Dry your tears and click your ruby slippers together princess, youre not in Kansas and you're unlikely to ever have enough courage to leave the confines of your sheltered bubble to visit.

[BigP]

33,000 people die every year in the USA from firearms -
countless more are injured & suffer lifelong trauma.
33,000 is 11 times the number of people killed on 9/11 yet
it doesn't get the same attention - go figure?

I would not want to live in America where almost every sicko, mental case
& wannabe Rambo has a gun & would shoot you for doing nothing.
America is finished as a civilised nation -
it's just a concrete jungle.

Heres a bit of perspective for you bobby


Traffic deaths in the U.S. pulled back slightly in 2017, according to the National Safety Council.
There were an estimated 40,100 motor vehicle deaths last year, or a drop of 1 percent from the prior year.

[BigP]

33,000 people die every year in the USA from firearms -
countless more are injured & suffer lifelong trauma.
33,000 is 11 times the number of people killed on 9/11 yet
it doesn't get the same attention - go figure?

I would not want to live in America where almost every sicko, mental case
& wannabe Rambo has a gun & would shoot you for doing nothing.
America is finished as a civilised nation -
it's just a concrete jungle.

And as most worry warts do you have overstated the numbers lol


The First Estimate of 2017 Gun Deaths Is In
Excluding most suicides, at least 15,549 people were killed by guns in the United States in 2017, according to data collected by Gun Violence Archive (GVA), a nonprofit organization that tracks media and law enforcement reports of shootings.

[Malcolm_hates_your_kids]

Not sure, havent caught up with the details yet

Yet it's still a laugh for you is it?[/quote

You either laugh or you cry, I choose not to cry

You either choose to participate in your own countrys politics or someone elses: you chose someone elses!

Wonder what happened to your country

I do both Mal..

No you don't!

[Malcolm_hates_your_kids]

IF this is for real, the ACT Labor/Green Government is worth a point (only one, mind you). They have had to do something to keep all the Chardonnay drinkers and pot smokers happy.

Don't be fooled Nef, history has shown when a leftwing govt corrals the mentally disabled together under one roof, it can mean only one of 3 things
1. They will be gassed
2. It's a secret eugenics program to breed more ALP and greens voters
3. It's the new headquarters for Getup or the latest leftwing "think-tank"

Here we go with the nazi bulldust!

[BigP]

Yet it's still a laugh for you is it?[/quote

You either laugh or you cry, I choose not to cry

You either choose to participate in your own countrys politics or someone elses: you chose someone elses!

Wonder what happened to your country

I do both Mal..

No you don't!

Just showing your ingnorance now Mal..

[Malcolm_hates_your_kids]

Yet it's still a laugh for you is it?[/quote

You either laugh or you cry, I choose not to cry

You either choose to participate in your own countrys politics or someone elses: you chose someone elses!

Wonder what happened to your country

I do both Mal..

No you don't!

Just showing your ingnorance now Mal..

You're a complete liar!

[BigP]

You either choose to participate in your own countrys politics or someone elses: you chose someone elses!

Wonder what happened to your country

I do both Mal..

No you don't!

Just showing your ingnorance now Mal..

You're a complete liar!

Could you elucidate in regards to your claim