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AnarchySpeech t1_iu25rlg wrote

> The attacker has had mental health problems, the reports say.

There's gotta be something governments can do to stop crazy people from running around. Ticking time clocks waiting to snap.

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DeFex t1_iu2m2bx wrote

There used to be but there was a lot of abuse. instead of fixing it, they just shut them all down in most countries.

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AnarchySpeech t1_iu3rkfc wrote

A knee jerk reaction that will continue to be felt for decades to come. Only need to see the tent cities springing up where over a third need medical help because of a mental health crisis.

At the end of the day you can't force help onto somebody that thinks they're perfectly well.

Eventually urban centers will snap and laws banning public camping will start appearing. Arresting someone because they fell asleep outside isn't the solution to the problem. Just another expensive bandaid where more taxes will have to be diverted to an overcrowded prison system that will be filled with even more non-violent offenders.

One of these days a tech company might create an A. I. program like the Sibyl System where all you have to do is get a brain scan. Sanity Number not correct? Off you forcibly go to a psych-facility/prison. A joke of an idea, but honestly, with how weird the world is getting who knows what could be just around the corner.

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Puppy_Paw_Power t1_iu5jwwy wrote

This is the UK and not France or the US. We don't have tent cities. We do have chav cities though ... come join me on a safari through Grangetown and take pics of the local two-legged wildlife! If their on spice they stay nice and docile. Observe their natural habitat! A town centre bench! Here in the UK we don't need tents, the weather is so shit you just gotta get soggy and spiced and before you know it, the blue lights will take you to a cosy enclosure - with your very own mattress on the floor!

I'm not on spice btw, I've just been drinkig thatsh all hic

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myrddyna t1_iuce1xv wrote

Mandatory mental health is really ripe for abuse. Furthermore, it is interpretative, which is scary AF in many places with overpowered security forces.

It also requires both heavy privacy as well as free Healthcare. Doesn't do much good if some psyche gives you a diagnosis and then a script you can't afford.

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AnarchySpeech t1_iufl9kr wrote

> Mandatory mental health is really ripe for abuse. Furthermore, it is interpretative,

Precisely the reason so many countries avoid doing it.

> and then a script you can't afford.

It also doesn't help when a tiny percentage get their medication and one day choose to stop taking them.

It is depressing to say, but these random acts of violence can't be stopped unless a new solution is found. The barbaric tactics of the past should not be re-instituted. That much we agree on. Removing it completely without a substitute to fill the void has created very foreseeable problems that certain laws (including the war on drugs) have only made worse in the following years after.

My perspective is from an American focused view point, so my knowledge on other legal practices are limited. imo, if the field of psychology continues to fail to identify these threats, I hope that technology (and possibly brain scanning devices) can discover a new method of locating erratic behavior without as much bias. At least with a machine, you can see what the computer is looking for, so political, religious, and other ideological opinions can be screened out, or at the very least, made public before implementation.

Who knows... maybe such tech will become the new Lie-Detector. Bunk science, easily beat and defeated, but still trusted by millions because it is shown on tv.

Right now, something's gotta be done, and the old ways aren't working.

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mildconcussions t1_iu163p4 wrote

Someone died dude. And people are likely maimed for life. Can we humanize for a moment.

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UncleKeyPax t1_iu1echa wrote

That's why I apologised. Who can understand if not a random redditor. Hopefully

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BigTittiedGothGirl t1_iu16ac5 wrote

I didn’t come here looking for this comment, but now I realize how messed up I am for laughing so hard at it.

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