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by lotsofpulp 1747 days ago
> Not trying to pick on your post or anything just thought it is a good example to say that it's maybe not as easy as it may seem to decide who gets admitted/committed, and the dichotomy in this thread shows that point.

Of course the topic of involuntary committal and people’s rights and prevention of abuse is extremely difficult, and that is why the pendulum swings back and forth. I just think it might be at or nearing the other end of the swing.