tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939656826821637036.post7645029284375833532..comments2024-03-06T21:26:58.517-08:00Comments on The View From Here...: Diminished Capacity: Negative Emotions = Negative Actions?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09819036606452798987noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939656826821637036.post-14840063655583941402013-02-25T12:06:41.787-08:002013-02-25T12:06:41.787-08:00 I have an MA in forensic psychology and work in t... I have an MA in forensic psychology and work in the criminal justice field, often assessing people in conjunction with legal representatives. At face value what is being offered here is factually innacurate, there are no statutes whatsoever making emotions illegal. Now, what may be being discussed is a particular situation where a person acted out a place of rage/sadness and those actions landed them in jail, which of course would not be making emotions illegal.<br /><br />There is a very strong and detailed process involved in the involuntary commitment of people, which is carefully reviewed and overseen by more than any single person. The subject in question must minimally be indicating by their actions an intent to harm self or others and by those very actions be found incapable of engaging in such a way that shows an ability to reason through their actions such that they are capable of changing or reacting to harmful situations. In other words (to offer a ridiculously simplistic example that should not be taken as having any legal necessity), if the person is throwing themselves at a wall or at other people and does not engage in any attempts to stop through verbal discourse, they are putting themselves and others in danger and are no longer deemed competent.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07397073419266552366noreply@blogger.com