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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:13 PM Original message |
Poll question: Should severely mentally-defective people be imprisoned for crimes they commit? |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. LEAVE PRESIDENT BUSH ALONE, GODDAMMIT!!!! |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. No, they should be cared for and treated in an in-patient facility. |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. It depends on the crime they are convicted of |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. It goes to the core reason of why we imprison people in the first place. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. You Mean Changing Existing Law So That They Could Be Imprisoned? |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. American jails and prisons are already full of mentally ill people. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Not To The Degree Referenced In The OP. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. There's a problem with definitions here. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. No, There Is No Problem With Definitions. The OP Stated The Definitions Clearly. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Your lack of regard for mental illness is |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. I don't care where you put them. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. false choice--if they are mentally ill and dangerous, society should be protected from them |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. There is no crime unless there is the requisite mental state. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. For the time being. |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. One person's psychosis is another person's psychedelia |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. Depends entirely on the mental defect |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. Throw Bush and Cheney In JAIL! |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
12. Mental health facilities |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. Remember how Reagan shut down all those mental hospitals? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
19. The phrase "mentally defective" is about as current as "Oriental" or "Negro" |
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foxfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
20. I'd choose confinement in a secure mental health facility |
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