The ambivalence about homelessness is really about civic order vs. individual rights. There are clearly people out there who can’t take care of themselves and who cross the line of decency when they verbally assault people. Some sort of custodial asylums seem necessary (if unlikely) but there are liberty concerns.
The ambivalence about homelessness is really about civic order vs. individual rights. There are clearly people out there who can’t take care of themselves and who cross the line of decency when they verbally assault people. Some sort of custodial asylums seem necessary (if unlikely) but there are liberty concerns.
They used to have them. I had twin brothers, who non verbal with IQ's of 35, and were in a state hospital in Chicago many years ago. They were a danger to themselves. They flung poop, burned themselves on the radiator, one climbed out the 3rd story window into the neighbors apt. No one could believe it.
In the hospital they were watched 24/7. When we visited them we had to walk through a large room with rows of rocking chairs with old people all watching TV. It was depressing, but it was also warm and safe. There was food, and someone to help them up if they fell or help them find their bed. When they closed the state hospitals they sent my brothers to various halfway houses. I don't know were the old folks went. They had no money. Maybe a boarding house or out on the streets or homeless shelters.
:( Are there any ways that we could help prevent homelessness as a society ? Isn't that a questions to bring up more frequently ? I live in the Asheville area and most homeless men here are Veterans - which screams to me 'bad country - that can't take care of veterans'...
The ambivalence about homelessness is really about civic order vs. individual rights. There are clearly people out there who can’t take care of themselves and who cross the line of decency when they verbally assault people. Some sort of custodial asylums seem necessary (if unlikely) but there are liberty concerns.
They used to have them. I had twin brothers, who non verbal with IQ's of 35, and were in a state hospital in Chicago many years ago. They were a danger to themselves. They flung poop, burned themselves on the radiator, one climbed out the 3rd story window into the neighbors apt. No one could believe it.
In the hospital they were watched 24/7. When we visited them we had to walk through a large room with rows of rocking chairs with old people all watching TV. It was depressing, but it was also warm and safe. There was food, and someone to help them up if they fell or help them find their bed. When they closed the state hospitals they sent my brothers to various halfway houses. I don't know were the old folks went. They had no money. Maybe a boarding house or out on the streets or homeless shelters.
:( Are there any ways that we could help prevent homelessness as a society ? Isn't that a questions to bring up more frequently ? I live in the Asheville area and most homeless men here are Veterans - which screams to me 'bad country - that can't take care of veterans'...