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Originally Posted by amanda6035
okay, so if they are so bad off that they cant be conscious of their surroundings, again, how is that my problem? You can lead a horse to water, but you cant force it to drink....how am I supposed to miraculously change these peoples lives???
CG - back to the point at hand- I'm sorry these people arent educated. but what the heck am I supposed to do to change that?
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The problem is that many many many mental hospitals have been closed down and people who SHOULD be in one are on the streets instead. They've been deemed fit for normal social interaction as far as the law says, but many times that's just not the case. It has nothing to do with education. Also, some of them have been outright abandoned by their families.
Abuses were found in some mental hospitals and publicized, the public came to believe being put in a mental hospital automatically equals fate worse than death, and the people should be given a chance to live "normally." For some people this was great, but for some people not.