January 3, 2003
Liberty, Sanity, Equality
Scholars debate how to define and defend the rights of the mentally ill"I was a political prisoner. ... [P]eople on the street, sleeping with their faces down on the ground, having to panhandle for money -- that ought to be enough. But no: Mayor Koch wants to compound the problem by picking you up against your will, violating your human rights, humiliating you, degrading you, forcing you into the hospital."
Those were the words of Joyce Brown, who was briefly the world's
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