THE MENTALLY ILL ARE ALWAYS WITH US: Armed Texas woman sat in lawn chair on busy highway during hours-long standoff with police.

We've reached a point in society that victims have more rights than the victimized. It's well past time to return to mental hospitals and involuntary commitment. Herewith some additional comments from the above post:

wianno168: Closing mental hospitals in the 1970's has resulted in homeless epidemic, drug use epidemic, and degradation of our society. When ,if ever, will this policy be reversed to provide compassionate care for the mentally ill, and protection for productive members of our society.

itsjustme971: Yes. There were certainly abuses in the system, but instead of regulating them they closed them down. The costs to society in law enforcement, prisons, social services, homeless programs and many other things, far outweigh the cost of mental hospitals.

plaintruth355: Doubt if [it] can ever be changed since those mentally ill won the " right" that they can only be very rarely hospitalised against their will. So people with a limited grasp of things have that right and freedom and many times the doctors, police and soclial workers cannot do anything unless they can show the person is a danger to themself or others.

I am really, really tired of being punished for other people's problems