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A Mental
Approach to Terrorism
The civilized world keeps going through the same cycle of
violence. Some misguided or deranged person(s) decide to grab center stage and
kill people to foster their “so-called cause”. This could be a committed
terrorist(s) intent on defending or promoting their faulty belief system and/or
a mentally ill individual(s) who follows voices in their heads or misguided
paths/gurus/martyrs, real or imagined.
The reaction is total frustration and angst from the majority
of worldwide citizens and a call for more regulation of gun control, transportation
systems, government services, border control, etc.
It can be argued that they are all mentally ill! Taking
someone else’s life to support a personal vendetta is not only totally insane,
but against the ethics, morals and religious basics of all civilized people in the
world. Nowhere does the Quran/Bible tell their followers to kill people.
But the real issue the civilized world faces is mental
instability, whether it is inherit or from brain washing and/or false belief
systems. In the US, 20% or 44,000,000 US Adults suffer from a “mental health
condition” in a given year and 10,000,000 suffer from a “serious mental illness”.
Less than half (41%), or 4,100,000 of these “seriously mental ill” people have
ever received mental health services in the past year.
These “serious” cases
also contribute to 33% of all hospitalization for the 18-44-year-old adult
group. In essence, we have millions of “seriously mental ill” people who have
the possibility of walking or driving on our streets that are susceptible to
misguided propaganda or demons in their heads.
Certainly we need to have the best data collection system
like the FBI NBCI (National Background Check Inc.) for gun ownership applications and cooperation from all relative
sources in order to identify potential threats, whether foreign or domestic.
But most people understand that if someone really wants to obtain a gun or
weapon, there are many sources other than the normal channels for possession.
What would help to reduce our collective stress and angst is
to have a fair and open system to identify “seriously mental ill” people and to
have support programs for their rehabilitation or hospitalization. It can be argued that radical terrorists are mentally ill and qualify for the program. Funding
would certainly be easier under the guidelines that this program is to identify
and remove fanatics and potential threats to our safety while helping to
provide the proper care for the “seriously mental ill” who are currently not
receiving treatment for various reasons. It would be the old “two birds with
one stone” card.
Think about it. It makes sense. It would be a helpful
treatment program for millions of “seriously mentally ill” people in need; would
help reduce our crime rate and homeless population; and would help to isolate
and treat potential threats to our society through acts of terrorism.
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