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I love the freedoms of this, the most wonderful country ever on the planet. HOWEVER, when I see the mentally ill homeless (daily in L.A.), I do not find their situation to be “freedom.” I do not think we as a society do justice to our mentally ill by allowing THEM to decide whether or not to take their meds.

Everyone should take care of himself and his family, and we as a kind population should take care of our infirm who cannot care for themselves. IMO, this includes keeping the seriously mentally ill at their top capacity in a healthy location on the proper medication, and giving them the opportunity for as rich as life as possible, as we try to do with the developmentally delayed.

We don’t give three-year-olds the “freedom” to choose their lifestyles for the same reason.

Good post! I still think the men and women who decided that the mentally deranged should be "free" and consequently closed all of the asylums should be held responsible for the havoc they caused. Tens of thousands of murders would have not occurred,countless relatives and neighbors of people who should be institutionalized would not have had to live with constant fear and anxiety and the number of homeless would be significantly reduced.And that does not even take into consideration the well being of those that need to be in a protected,safe environment.