Lawmaker urges mental health reforms after Robin Williams's death

[Oceander]

You have no compassion. You are displaying it very well

You can believe whatever tortured fallacy you want to.  Unlike you, I am not about to endorse sending in the government group-think teams to "straighten" you out.

[Oceander]

You did. 

Some can't.

Clearly.  The question for discussion is this:  should we, because some can't, force everyone into the government-run psychiatric ward, in the name of their own best interests?

That is the necessary end result of what's being proposed here:  that because there are some who end up offing themselves rather than helping themselves, we must put everyone under suspicion of being mentally ill, and must examine them closely because we cannot know, ahead of time, who will, and who will not, turn out to be one of those who "can't help themselves."

Life is tragic.  Government simply compounds the tragedy, it rarely, if ever ameliorates it.

[EC]

Clearly.  The question for discussion is this:  should we, because some can't, force everyone into the government-run psychiatric ward, in the name of their own best interests?

That is the necessary end result of what's being proposed here:  that because there are some who end up offing themselves rather than helping themselves, we must put everyone under suspicion of being mentally ill, and must examine them closely because we cannot know, ahead of time, who will, and who will not, turn out to be one of those who "can't help themselves."

Life is tragic.  Government simply compounds the tragedy, it rarely, if ever ameliorates it.

Nice try 

Lets start by de-stigmatizing depression. Your car is making funny noises, you take it to a mechanic. Your heating is doing odd things, you call in an engineer. Your heart is doing back flips in your chest - you go get that looked at, pronto. Why should mental illness be treated any differently?

Yet it is. It is something that no one will ever talk about.

[SPQR]

Nice try 

Lets start by de-stigmatizing depression. Your car is making funny noises, you take it to a mechanic. Your heating is doing odd things, you call in an engineer. Your heart is doing back flips in your chest - you go get that looked at, pronto. Why should mental illness be treated any differently?

Yet it is. It is something that no one will ever talk about.

Maybe he should live on the streets and get a first point of view