[Livia]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Poor mental health / disregard for mental health issues in general, and crime, are linked more than most people care to admit. The systemic failings are occurring long, long before the stage of someone being in prison. That applies across the board. People are looking to solve problems in all the wrong places.

Of course, as always, it's lovely to see all of the outpourings of empathy being offered. "They shudn't have did a crime then lol". But that of course is the majority opinion of simple simon public and so we come nicely back around to the reasons that these systemic failures are happening in the first place; people have little or zero desire to understand, much less care about, anyone who "isn't like them".

As I myself made that comment - although the missspelling and poor grammar in the paraphrasing are entirely yours - I must conclude that you regard me as "simple Simon public". In which case I expect your post to be removed any minute now according to the forum rules.

I think EVERYONE who made the comment about not doing the crime if you can't do the time, agrees that transgenders are not a special case. ALL prisoners with mental health issues should be treated the same.

If you look at the background of the particular case mentioned, you will see that this person did not identify as one thing or another until after the crime was committed. But of course, as they now identify as transgender, are we all supposed to take that at face value? Because it seems to me that some imagine that if you identify as transgender you are above reproach. Which seems a little bit of a stupid stance to take.