tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post2336048863520361612..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: More Positive Reviews of My Brother RonClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-55485556750072268132012-07-18T06:06:35.293-06:002012-07-18T06:06:35.293-06:00P.S. The reviewer who remarked on "the mechan...P.S. The reviewer who remarked on "the mechanisms to ... protect society from the mentally ill" might also have alluded to the problem of protecting the mentally ill from society.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-16217116905234716842012-07-18T06:01:55.630-06:002012-07-18T06:01:55.630-06:00Congratulations.
I sometimes think that the bes...Congratulations. <br /><br />I sometimes think that the best way to judge how civilised a country is is by reflecting on how it looks after the insane and the mentally defective. In many countries, I suspect, the effort doesn't go into looking after the poor souls, but into insisting that they mustn't be referred to as 'insane' or 'mentally defective' and that they be treated by means that may be ineffective but at least are politically correct.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-52475093921258877282012-07-17T15:44:55.663-06:002012-07-17T15:44:55.663-06:00They are generally on the left, but many of them r...They are generally on the left, but many of them recognize that the current system, for all its good intentions, failed.Clayton Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-3349199716517870872012-07-17T14:31:51.658-06:002012-07-17T14:31:51.658-06:00It will be interesting to hear responses from &quo...It will be interesting to hear responses from "professionals and academics" in the mental health and social services fields to this work.<br /><br />I imagine since most likely such people will be oriented to the left and you are to the other direction they will want to dispute you. It would certainly be interesting to hear that debate!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com