On 2/10/2015 7:53 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 06:27:36 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:
On 2/8/15 11:11 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 08 Feb 2015 18:17:15 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:
Seems like *everyone* is bipolar now-a-days.
There is a lot of money in mental illness so it does get diagnosed
more than it may actually exist.
So, you and Greg feel that a person who kills someone but is determined
to be insane should just automatically to to the chair ... or lethal
injection gurney?
It would depend on the depth of the "mental defect" (the legal term)
and the severity of the crime but if it was a capital case and
abhorrent enough to survive all of the mandatory appeals, why not
execute them just like you would anyone else?
I also see little difference between life in prison and life in a
correctional mental facility. It is just a prison with a prescription
drug plan. They keep the inmates drugged into submission. Is that a
life? (yes I have been in one in my job)
The greatest living expert…
…in rec.boats has to be Greg Fretwell…
…because in catching up on the last few days of posts, I read that he
has *all* the answers on:
* capital punishment
* mental illness
* physicians and their motivators
* snow
* prisons and inmates
* labor unions
* the Middle East
* drone warfare
* politics
This is an absolutely amazing accomplishment for a fellow who has *no*
college degrees in anything, no expertise in the criminal justice
system; no decade of education, training, examination and certification
in treating mental illnesses; no medical degree; no experience in
diplomacy; no experience in high level politics, et cetera, et cetera,
et cetera.
Greg, you're just amazing. If there's ever a call for another
all-seeing, all-knowing oracle, you're the man. No need for anyone to
spend decades of their lives learning and perfecting a high-level skill
set. Just seek out *The Greg*.
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In between your sarcasm I detect a touch of envy. It's important to
remember that it's not what you've been taught that counts, it's how
you use what you know. In that respect I regard you as an educated
fool.
Shortly after I left the Navy and was still attending night school while
working in the industry I made a career of I was talking to a customer
who had a PhD in Physics. We were discussing the system under
construction for his company and at one point he asked what school I
graduated from. I told him I was still working on my degree requirements.
He looked at the system on the shop floor, most of which I had a major
role in the design and configuration of, and said, "You don't need a
degree".