[chofpsychiatry]

Psychiatrists don't play God. All they do is move people from the path of dangerousness to a different path. Its not murder if someone dies because of psychiatric treatment because, psychiatrists tell us, the person was going to die anyway. The psychiatrists know all about who will die and who will live and, like fpgaminer says, they're just regular saviours. I mean, the alternative would be to consider psychiatry as some kind of modern-day Roman Catholic Church - a group of trusted people holding esoteric knowledge that in reality falls apart at the slightest inspection but who have so far been successful at silencing critics, even violently, and are using the obscene and exclusive powers that they have granted themselves to become more and more wealthy and more and more influential in policy-making. As history shows us, this is highly unlikely. In fact, as psychiatrists themselves tell us, thinking that would be crazy. We must suspect ourselves and everyone around us except for psychiatrists, like healthy people. This is all perfectly logical because it is science and, frankly, it is surprising anyone would have qualms. Also, continuing fpgmaminer's thought, we must begin destigmatizing slavery. There are a lot of people who are fit for slavery but are resistant to it because of the stigma around conservateeship.