Blanket Man passes away

[oneofsix]

I agree we are a long way behind mental compared to physical

I think your views on people with mental health and their ability to function may be distorted

Observations?
Do you work in mental health or do you have personal experience with many mental health patients...I'm just curious because in general people that haven't miss a lot.
I'm curious if you you have been exposed to, or really have a good idea of the mental health system.
Many people think because they have studies of n=1 (or n=2,3 or 4), that everything is a mess

Mental health covers such a wide range but I have family affected and friends, have lived next door to a house the started with able bodied and was then modified for full care (wheelchair, bed ridden etc) patients. Have friends that work with/in care houses. I have seen the before and after affects in the community. I have also worked with parents whose offspring were in a mental hospital and going through its closure.
I feel I have been far enough away to see the forest and not be blinded by the trees but not so far away that the forest looks like a green smudge.

[rachprice]

Mental health covers such a wide range but I have family affected and friends, have lived next door to a house the started with able bodied and was then modified for full care (wheelchair, bed ridden etc) patients. Have friends that work with/in care houses. I have seen the before and after affects in the community. I have also worked with parents whose offspring were in a mental hospital and going through its closure.
I feel I have been far enough away to see the forest and not be blinded by the trees but not so far away that the forest looks like a green smudge.

Fair enough

I think I would be fair in saying though, that those that you are exposed to are likely the minority and the extreme end

I am not saying mass closure of hospital level mental facilities was the right thing it do. I just don't think locking up severely affected mental patients is always the answer. It may be the easy way out but not always the best way

But like anything in life, things are never black and white

[oneofsix]

Fair enough

I think I would be fair in saying though, that those that you are exposed to are likely the minority and the extreme end

I am not saying mass closure of hospital level mental facilities was the right thing it do. I just don't think locking up severely affected mental patients is always the answer. It may be the easy way out but not always the best way

But like anything in life, things are never black and white

Looks like we kind of agree but coming from different angles. Maybe we agree more than we disagree.

Oh and no some of those I am exposed to are suffering different degrees of depression and are managing quite nicely but to be fair this thread is wrt a man that was much more extreme and tended to refuse help with his issues (whatever they were).

[TrentNz]

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[Berries]

I've been away. Is this that tramp in Wellington who used to piss me off heading to Courtenay Place??

I never knew he rode a bike. Fair do's.

[jasonu]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10779601

Read this Crasher, you will be allowed to pay your respects...

[oneofsix]

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love the photo. At first glance it looks like the guy is pissing on the tributes which, given what Crasher has pointed out, could be seen as an appropriate tribute in its self.

[scissorhands]

I'm "sad" because he probably suffered a load of shit at our hands, social convention etc....

I worship the great god money and there are no end of preachers.

I'm over that argument. He suffered a religious upbringing and possibly retarded genetic lineage. Whether family retardation is society fault or not is debatable. Mercury and heavy metal poisoning of the food chain being a classic case in point

Money in itself will never point to heaven and hell, only those who make an altar

[scumdog]

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Crap!
I never knew there were so many ding-a-lings in Wellington!

What a waste of time and effort....

[oneofsix]

Crap!
I never knew there were so many ding-a-lings in Wellington!

What a waste of time and effort....

?? but we have the Beehive here. OK, so they are mainly temporary Auckland exports but they still get attributed to Wellington.

[jasonu]

According to todays Herald Samuel Jackson attended the funeral.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zH2ltJ3V8I

[SimJen]

According to todays Herald Samuel Jackson attended the funeral.

I hope he said "And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attend the funeral"

[onearmedbandit]

On the news tonight they were interviewing your everyday Wellingtonian and one responded that not only was he an icon for Wellington, but an icon for the whole country. Yes Blanket Man, so called for the blankets he sent to the victims of the ChCh earthquakes. Also got his name from the blankets he donated to under-privileged families in NZ who couldn't afford proper heating. Blanket Man, an icon of New Zealand.

There'll be a movie next. With Tem Morrison as BM.

[TrentNz]

mmm nah don't rekn he was an icon of nz but maybe wellington

[Brian d marge]

Good idea - I'll help you.

And when there's only you and I left in the world who is going to be the rich one???

I'm I on piece work or contract?
though it was one of "better posts ' can't even remember writing it, and don't understand that last sentence, ...
the basic idea still is there. blanket man was at the margin of our society and needed/used the care we provided
hells bells the mark of a society is how it treats the weakest and those on the margin.
JK,and all those snivelling self serving greedy arses in Wellington, and in their corporate offices, have caused more pain and suffering than blanket man ever did.and if this is what nz or indeed society has become
I don't want to be a part of it
and if this makes me a pathetic piece of excrement, then I am one of the proudest pieces you will ever meet

Stephen