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This, SillySoul. Unfortunately -- this.
posted by
saul_relative
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June 22, 2006
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(sigh) what is the world coming too....
~Silly
posted by
SillySoul88
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June 21, 2006
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11:07 PM
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I'm sure it was, DarrkeThoughts. I'm sure a lot of those institutions
aren't as sterile as the sets of
Awakenings and
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
posted by
saul_relative
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June 21, 2006
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9:21 PM
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Room, board, and uniforms...
Except that sounds a lot like prison.
posted by
DarrkeThoughts
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June 21, 2006
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Yeah, the United States favored a policy of institutional cutbacks until
many of the marginally insane or the harmless mentally incapacitated were left to fend for themselves. However, many of our homeless are war veterans, sad to say.
posted by
saul_relative
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June 21, 2006
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saul
clearly an appalling situation, as is the choice of language. "Feeding" ? Even my cat 'gets something to eat'! But as to your 'solution', I have to draw your attention to the fact that here in Toronto (a.k.a. 'Tronna') rougly 75 % of the homeless have severe mental problems, which lead directly or indirectly to their homelessness. I would expect to find similar numbers in Eola Lake. For a variety of reasons, some good, some bad, we got rid of institutions which, in the past, sheltered these people. Now they're in the street...
posted by
Nautikos
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June 21, 2006
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