[hirundo]

> A Modest Proposal: Mr. Bateman needs a 72-hour involuntary admission to a good psychiatric hospital.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_...

[bell-cot]

"A Modest Proposal" is a flag for Juvenalian satire - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal

(Though such bizarre and self-destructive behavior is a red flag, and medical testing & psychiatric evaluation are quite reasonable. PragmaticPulp's comment kinda covers that.)

Yes, I know the USSR's history. In current-day America...the guy's chances of being forced into a psych. hospital by the government for this seem about as high as his chances of being tried for publicly insulting George III's honor.