Maybe there’s something to the beautiful people.

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"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."
Marcus Aurelius

But if you really take this approach of just killing em, where do you draw the line? A murder, maybe. A thief? Someone receiving a traffic ticket? Someone walking against a wait sign? Someone found in contempt of court?

About keeping insane folks incarcerated for life, Truly, many, maybe even most to one degree or another are incarcerated for life. If they have no family and friends to care for them, an endless cycle between incarceration and living on the street follows.

What if, by providing meds someone would live a normal life. Is this too much of a burden for society to bear? The cost is about the same as just keeping someone in jail. One way you have a perpetual welfare recipient, the other way you give something and get something back. I'll take trade over outright endless support any day.

About Manson: There was a trend in some forms of medicine up to a few years ago to subject someone to lobotomy, either physical or drug induced. Would this be acceptable treatment for Manson or someone who performed similar series of....................

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'92 400E "Stella"

Lobotomy and even “ice pick lobotomy” had its following. Welcome to the medical chamber of horrors:

http://www.epub.org.br/cm/n02/historia/lobotomy.htm

chemical lobotomy

http://www.sntp.net/drugs/thorazine.htm

Though not always done with Thorazine, keeping the population hammered makes life at the prison a easier....for the staff

While not a final solution, and I admit an outrage in its own right, there are tracking devices available, and used to some extent (not known by me). Combine this with some meds and we have a step foreword.

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...Tracy

'00 ML320 "Casper"
'92 400E "Stella"