Letters to the Editor: Preventing treatment because of 'human rights' is cruel (via latimesopinion )
I am a longtime resident of Venice. My wife and I walk along the boardwalk and the main streets of the city regularly. We see people lying on sidewalks, eating out of garbage cans, making speeches to audiences that don’t exist and other odd behaviors.
These people are not well. They cannot help themselves. I cannot conceive that leaving them to continue their lives without aid is civilized. When we were able to compel these people into care, there were abuses. But not helping people is a larger abuse.There must be middle ground. I hope the governor and his detractors pledge to sit down to hammer out the issues with the proposal to compel people into treatment. We must emerge as a caring state that doesn’t ignore human suffering. Even a misstep is preferable to ignoring the problem.
What can be sadder than observing a tortured homeless person suffering from mental illness? Don’t they have a “right” to be helped?
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