[Gabz]

They’ll use the observer effect (where the casual observer thinks a rare event is common because they hear about it all the time), and multiple straw man arguments to lay down the concepts that the rare event is bad, and that government has the right to fix it.

Exactly how and why we have more and more nanny state in our lives. Alas, there are plenty of FReepers who just love it - as long as it doesn't inconvenience them, or involve something they do or enjoy.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

If state governments had not gone well beyond their rightful jurisdictions (protecting our freedoms, infrastructure, etc.), I would have no problem with such a task force, as it would concentrate on actual mental cases who have stacked garbage all the way up to their ceilings.

Hoarding (as opposed to prepping and food storage) is a serious mental problem, with the potential to affect public health as insects and rodents breed in the garbage, old food, magazines, etc. I only wish I could trust our overly-politicized governments to concentrate on those particular hoarders.