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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
So let's get this straight, because, anecdotally, this person may or even may not have gone to a medical facility that failed him. So because of that, we should infringe on the rights of others? You're not providing any evidence that Li is currently a threat to society, but you still want him to not gain back his personal freedom. That's a more scary thought to me than it would be having Li be in my community.
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I should that I believe the information is correct regarding the alleged murder of my friend based on the source.
I don't believe that currently medicated Li is a threat to society. But I do believe that non-medicated Li could be a threat to society.
My concern (and others) is that he might stop his medication. I am lucky, I have never had a mental illness. My friend's wife does, and it isn't easy. She is on medication. If she stops taking it she starts to think people are after her, she has all sorts of hallucinations and hear voices. He has told me stories or chasing her around Cape Town for days on end trying to find her. She doesn't like it, she doesn't want to have those problems. The trouble is, when medicated she doesn't think she needs to be medicated because she doesn't have any problems. Her brain doesn't put together that it is the medication that is stopping the voices/paranoia. It is sad, she is a lovely lady that never use to have this problems.
That is my concern with Li. Perhaps after 5-10 years of regular maintenance & check up that condition is removed.