I agree with a lot of the above, especially this part:
if, despite media sensationalism, the mentally ill are less dangerous than say, drunk drivers, why are they deprived of their civil rights while drunk drivers are not?I remember reading a statistic somewhere that was along the lines of, where 20% of those with a mental illness may harm themselves, only 0.02% may harm others. So if someone's going to get hurt by the mentally ill, it's 100 times more likely that it's themselves getting hurt, and not you. So the media can stop it's whining. Ooh, the media makes me feel so aggressive
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Mad Pride have produced some decent material over the years. If you like them you might also be interested in checking out the stuff produced by the Sozialistisches Patientenkollektiv during the 70's.
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if, despite media sensationalism, the mentally ill are less dangerous than say, drunk drivers, why are they deprived of their civil rights while drunk drivers are not?I remember reading a statistic somewhere that was along the lines of, where 20% of those with a mental illness may harm themselves, only 0.02% may harm others. So if someone's going to get hurt by the mentally ill, it's 100 times more likely that it's themselves getting hurt, and not you. So the media can stop it's whining. Ooh, the media makes me feel so aggressive ( ... )
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We're having a picnic this Thursday at the Roma Street parklands... not sure why there... but you should come, about 2pm, near the waterfall.
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