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Maybe I shouldn't have started with guns as an example, but I stand by my assertion that providing access to mental health care is not altruistic but a matter of social policy towards a better functioning society.
It is not all about violence, although those are the most obvious examples. It is about the ability of individuals to function, at work and at home. It is about intact family units that do not require social services.
My point is that there is an amoral argument for affordable or subsidized mental health care. This is important, because in the end moral arguments will not be enough to influence public policy.
And I do miss Claudette and I wish that she got the support that she needed.
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