Just got back from a matinee with the missus and we saw the absolutely wonderful Silver Linings Playbook. Bradley Cooper plays Pat, a man released from a mental institution for beating the crap out of his wife's lover after discovering them in the shower together. Jennifer Lawrence plays a woman who lost her husband in an automobile accident. The two end up finding each other in their mental and emotional challenges and, of course, love.
In addition to capturing Philadelphia's culture perfectly, the focus on mental health and how it affects people's lives is most welcome. There are several points in the film that drive home how complex this problem is and how each family struggles with it in their own unique way. There need to be more films like this so our culture can see that there is no stigma to mental health issues. Everyone has them and seeking to be more mentally healthy is something that should be vigorously pursued throughout one's lifespan.
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No stigma to mental health issues? Honest to fucking pete did you just say that after all that you have said about denying anyone with mental health issues the right to buy a gun?
If you see the film, it's clear that someone like Pat should not own a gun. I don't understand why you would want someone like that to have a gun, juris.
So there is a stigma to mental illness after all.
You see the problem?
And speaking of absurdities, this is a fucking fictional character you are talking about.
Yes, there are no bi polar people in this country. My mistake.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/03/07/US.highest.bipolar.rates/index.html
That's about 12 million people, juris. I wonder how many of them own guns. Should they own guns? I say no problem as long as they go through regular mental health checks and firearm training.
What other rights of those 12 million would you put at the discretion of some bureaucrat/MHP?
Should bipolar people be allowed to own guns?
Should bipolar people be allowed to own guns?
Absent any due process of law disqualification - yes.
Since you would deny them that - what else would you deny them? You do know that Progressives were behind forced sterilization. Holmes "three generations of imbeciles is enough" and all.
Way to do all you can to lift the stigma of mental illness chief.
Since you would deny them that - what else would you deny them?
Should they own guns? I say no problem as long as they go through regular mental health checks and firearm training.
Should they own guns?
Reading comprehension problem again M - look at my preceding post. Read it until you actually grasp the first eight words I wrote.
And yes, you are denying them their rights without due process of law you stupid, stupid piece of dog shit.
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