“Should we lock up all psychotics,”
Yes, we used to, until they were all let out due in the early 70s. People who have no grip on reality need to be kindly locked up. Otherwise they are repeat victims of crime as well as offenders.
They roam all over the cities. It is morally reprehensible. They wander around with poop in their pants, screaming at people who aren’t there, sleeping in the freezing rain. . .
that is not freedom. That is a nation who does not give a rat’s butt about people who are out of their minds, and does not want to be bothered about taking care of them.
People who have no grip on reality need to be kindly locked up. Otherwise they are repeat victims of crime as well as offenders.
I've read that before, but this article disputes the latter part:
"In spite of the sometimes frightening behavior, people with schizophrenia are no more likely to behave violently than are those in the general population.In spite of the sometimes frightening behavior, people with schizophrenia are no more likely to behave violently than are those in the general population. "
http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/schizophrenia/complications.html
Then of course we have the question of whether we want to lock up all individuals who belong to any class that has a crime rate high enough above the average. I say no, the government must treat its citizens as individuals.
Referring to another example I made, I would not just lock up someone who wears a Hell's Angels jacket, even though he belongs to a group that has a far higher than average crime rate. The particular Hell's Angel jacket wearer would have to commit a crime first.
As your point that psychotics are more likely to be victims of crime and therefore should be locked up, I would propose that we lock up the offenders rather than the victims of assault and theft.