Posted by toojane on February 4, 2007, at 20:04:52
In reply to Re: Hospitalization » toojane, posted by wishingstar on February 4, 2007, at 18:45:42
> but taking away ALL choices, ALL freedom, just does not generalize to the outside world
It actually creates a potentially very dangerous world inside the hospital that is attractive to predators.
I'm sure you've probably heard the saying "power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely." The power staff wield over committed mental patients, who have been stripped of all choice, is almost as absolute as it gets.
In a perfect world, the mentally ill would all have benevolent caretakers. But that simply isn't the case.
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