is it me?

[ramtops]

or is this story just mad, Ted ?

"A woman who has attempted suicide four times has been banned from jumping into rivers, canals or onto railway lines."

Comments

[alexmc.livejournal.com]

forgive me for being insensitive but it sounds like that woman is mad. Not you.

[wruf.livejournal.com]

I just said the same thing to a friend of mine!

[vampwillow]

so is she allowed to go swimming in a river or jump into a swimming pool?

crazy concept ...

[captainblue.livejournal.com]

Amazing! Instead of actually doing something to help her, they decide to take her to Court.

What a fucked-up society...

[pickledginger.livejournal.com]

Well, at least they've found a way they can do something with her ... after the next time they catch her.

*sigh*

See what a mess countries get into when they overreact to overinstitutionalization?

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing that like all Daily Mail-lite style stories there's a lot more going on here than were baing told.

Is she realiy suicidal? Or is there an alternative explanation for her actions that some psychiatric examination has shown, which means that an ASBO will actually help her?

Somehow, I suspect the latter rather than former. It's a lot easier to write a sensational story than to find the full facts - especially if they're medically confidential.