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Detaining citizens in psych wards without due process
August 22, 2012 at 11:31 am
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Quote:Governments Indefinitely Detaining Citizens In Psychiatric Wards Without Due Process of Law
As such, detention in psych wards on mere “suspicion” of posing a danger – without due process of law – is troubling.
For example, former marine Brandon Raub was just carted off and locked in a psychiatric ward for his allegedly “anti-government” Facebook posts.
There's some frightening shit in this article
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RE: Detaining citizens in psych wards without due process
August 22, 2012 at 11:33 am
(This post was last modified: August 22, 2012 at 11:34 am by The Grand Nudger.)
It's very difficult to determine precisely where one should stand between prevention and punishment. Good find on the article btw. Godwined at the very start and then, for effect, the Stalin Gambit immediately thereafter. Bravo. 
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RE: Detaining citizens in psych wards without due process
August 22, 2012 at 11:43 am
Bite me.  They are used as examples of similar types of imprisonment
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RE: Detaining citizens in psych wards without due process
August 22, 2012 at 11:46 am
You wrote that?
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Detaining citizens in psych wards without due process
August 22, 2012 at 12:22 pm
I wish!
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RE: Detaining citizens in psych wards without due process
August 22, 2012 at 12:51 pm
Hahaha, okay okay, i thought you were giving me the "bite me" because you wrote it (and assumed that my godwin/stalin gambit comment was an dig). It wasn't...I really am impressed. The contents of the article are very disturbing..yes.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Detaining citizens in psych wards without due process
August 22, 2012 at 12:57 pm
Yeah, I wrote 'bite me,' because I thought you were taking a shot at me for finding an article that Godwinned so quickly.
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RE: Detaining citizens in psych wards without due process
August 22, 2012 at 1:12 pm
(This post was last modified: August 22, 2012 at 1:14 pm by Anomalocaris.)
The british says it more plainly "Detained at the pleasure of her majesty".
After you've serve you sentence, the british judiciary appearently have the option of keeping you locked up for as long as it tickles their fancy just because they, in the name of the queen, felt like it.
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RE: Detaining citizens in psych wards without due process
August 22, 2012 at 1:33 pm
It's good to be the (Queen[s goons]).
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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