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To: Persevero
No, laziness should not be against the law.

It is just one of the negatives of drug abuse.

Your list of drug abuse negatives again:

An increase in assaultive behavior.

An increase in negligent behavior.

An increase in irresponsible behavior.

An increase in crazy behavior.

An increase in lazy behavior.

You have removed laziness as a candidate for criminal behavior. What about "crazy behavior"?

For example, what if we found a person babbling meaninglessly: would that qualify?

208 posted on 06/24/2010 10:17:46 AM PDT by secretagent
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To: secretagent

“You have removed laziness as a candidate for criminal behavior. What about “crazy behavior”?”

I did not list laziness as criminal behavior.

I listed it as NEGATIVE behavior. Everything on that list is deemed “negative behavior.”

Crazy behavior, as in psychotic, as a I said before, should result in kind institutionalization. There is a degree of crazy.

I know Libertarians are all black and white and get irritated with shades of gray. Is one glass of wine ok? How about two? What about if I am 500 pounds? What if I am really thirsty and that’s all there is to drink? It’s like arguing with a preschooler. You get to a point when you realize, they don’t want an answer, they just want to argue.

There is a little crazy - like when you are overcome with grief at a funeral, or get depressed because you just got divorced, or if you get assaulted and become somewhat paranoid. These little bit of crazy does not need institutionalization.

There is a lot crazy - like when you think people are cockroaches and spray them with Raid, or when you scream at people who are not there, or when you wander the streets in pee-dripping clothes. That lot of crazy does need institutionalization.

To implement this radical plan will require time, attention and judgement. It will require maturity and effort and discernment. It is not easy, it costs money, and mistakes will be made.

It is much easier to just let lunatics dissolve in their misery and take us down with them. It is not, however, the right thing to do.


209 posted on 06/24/2010 10:32:30 AM PDT by Persevero (It's going to be a long summer.)
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