John Hinkley Jr on the loose.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Have you (and I mean YOU, personally) ever been confined for an extended period of time? If you haven't, then kindly belt up about shit you couldn't possibly understand. Saying things like this makes you sound like even more of a facile idiot than I've given you credit for.

The point is, there comes a time when mentally ill people who were once a danger to society are a danger no longer. There's a reason mental illness is called an 'illness'- because it's treatable, you dumb fuck. And YOU, of all people, are not the least bit qualified to say '...they are still a danger to society.'

Boru

There may come a time, before they die, when mentally ill people who were deemed a danger to themselves or others, are no  longer a danger. There may also never come that time, or that cure in every case. I wouldn't know when that time would be, as I'm no professional, but it shouldn't be assumed that they're magically no longer a threat, especially if confinement is for the protection of the society. If it's for the punishment of acts, then that's a whole different conversation.

There may also come a time when non-mentally ill (or undiagnosed mentally ill) people become a danger to society. Should we confine everyone on the off chance?

In Hinckley’s case, he’s been under observation and treatment for more than four decades. He’s had limited, unsupervised release, and hasn’t had any trouble. His own doctors as well as doctors who work for the US government have decided he’s well enough to be released. I don’t think deferring to the experts is a bad idea.

Boru