2nd November 2019, 4:21 PM
Very good movie, but it partly led to the abolishment of government provided mental health here in the US. It gave the impression that all mental wards are nightmarish places of mistreatment, so no one raised much of a fuss when they were abolished.
Now we see the consequences of that. While I would never wish the sort of care in the book and movie on someone, being homeless on the streets with those mental conditions is arguably worse. I guess what I'm saying is if there's malpractice, you root it out, don't throw out the baby with the bathwater.
Now we see the consequences of that. While I would never wish the sort of care in the book and movie on someone, being homeless on the streets with those mental conditions is arguably worse. I guess what I'm saying is if there's malpractice, you root it out, don't throw out the baby with the bathwater.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)