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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:58 PM Original message |
Why so many homeless vets? And what can be done? Really? |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. k & r |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. War is a pyschic trauma as well |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. We took a lot better care of our vets after WWII, for one thing. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. I don't know, WW2 was a horrifying war. My late father in law was a naval |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. They won. They were heroes. They came home to parades. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I do not disagree. Your point is well taken. |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. I went to Jr. College with lots of returned Vietnam vets |
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Mend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. I would start at the beginning and evaluate the psychological make-up of |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Well, if you really want to get into that, |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. have them all. |
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Mend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. the people I have seen grew up in chaotic, abusive, often alcoholic families, didn't do that |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. Even Worse, the Recruits Are Coming Off the Street, Literally |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. I only hope |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. stop loss them |
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Medusa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. Drugs. Alcohol. Mental issues. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. An amazing number of them end up in jail, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. It's not amazing once you understand that jail is our collective answer to |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yeah, I know. Believe me, I know. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. So, you really DO know. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. 20 years ago I was working in a county psych hospital. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Until you really get into a community, you don't know |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I attended a forensic nursing conference |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Wow. That's so good to hear. The two times Doug managed |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. There should be programs like that for everyone, not just vets. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
17. a lot of the people who go into the service do so out of economic necessity... |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
23. Extraordinary OP |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
24. Very good.... and by the way, you still have vets from WW II |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
26. The addiction problem. Well, the military 'medicate' soldiers |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. In the 1st Cav in Vietnam (then a helicopter-borne infantry division), |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 06:04 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Please know ,,, |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Well, I AM judgmental about meds under most circumstances. |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
29. K&R n/t |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
30. Why are homeless vets so much more tragic than regular homeless people? |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Because the vets got that way by |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Ok then, fuck the non-veteran homeless, I guess. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. a) I didn't say anything of the sort |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. You're right, I'm being a bit over the top. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I don't know what the numbers are, but as a matter of fact |
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