[ExI] question not being asked in Alec Baldwin shooting

[William Flynn Wallace]

Spike, just where did you get the idea that in some places being mentally
ill is illegal?  It makes no sense at all.   bill w

On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 2:38 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *…*> *On Behalf Of *William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] question not being asked in Alec Baldwin shooting
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> >…In some states clinical psychologists can testify before a judge as to
> the necessity of putting someone in a mental facility, not necessarily a
> hospital.  Psychiatrists are in charge in every state…   bill w
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> Ja, it is a reason to go to California if one needs mental health care:
> the patients have a lotta rights there.  I don’t claim to know all the
> answers, but it should never be illegal to be mentally ill.  Yuckadoodles
> will observe the reason California is that way is because we don’t allow
> convicted criminals to vote but we do allow the crazies.
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> I see no way to do otherwise.  One can be convicted of a crime, but to
> convict someone of being mentally disturbed I would think would also have
> the right to a jury trial.  OK imagine a jury of peers for one accused of
> crazy.  I will tell ya right up front: I would vote the accused innocent in
> every case, and would let the others know right up front why I am doing it:
> sure I knows crazy when I sees it, but I can’t defines it.  It isn’t law.
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