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In reply to the discussion: Alabama abduction: Boy still held in underground bunker [View all]I read somewhere that 47% of people will have mental health issues at some point in their lives. I had a girlfriend who was bi-polar. She lived with me for something like five years. When I first got to know her she didn't drink or do drugs. She went to church on sundays and volunteered with "meals on wheels" two days a week. She had her act together pretty good until she started using cocaine. Eventually I had to move out of my own house to get away from her. I'm not an expert, but I know from experience how substance abuse can magnify mental health issues. I'm just speculating here about Dykes, but so far the story reminds me of my ex.
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Another psychopath who should have been permanently institutionalized decades ago
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Feb 2013
#2
Perhaps not, but he needed some psychiatric care whether he wanted it or not.
Chorophyll
Feb 2013
#38
Right, he should have been involuntarily committed or charged with assault and imprisoned
FarCenter
Feb 2013
#42
It may be wise to limit media coverage of this case, but Fox News is ignoring it for another reason.
yardwork
Feb 2013
#40
Oh, Liz. At least they care very much and I hope they can save him from this beast.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#50
The difference between this situation and a child falling down a pipe or the balloon boy story
onenote
Feb 2013
#36
I don't think there was any. The man just wanted a child as a shield. He'd tried to grab others,
freshwest
Feb 2013
#51
It would interfere with Headline News' obsessive coverage of the Jodi Arrias murder trial.
Comrade Grumpy
Feb 2013
#23
Viet Nam war was 1959-1975 and there are many vets still around. He is 65 and could easily be one.
uppityperson
Feb 2013
#35