The Louisville Porch Pooper
- By DreadLox
- The Paddock - General Discussion Forum
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We have a reproduction period map of Lexington. The single largest structure in Lexington was the insane asylum. IIRC 1/7th of the population lived there. Since this was the 19th century I'm sure that it was described as humane while simultaneously being 2 steps from Hell. We -- human beings -- have never known what to do with the mad. To house and treat them humanely has always been a huge burden. Fortunately anti-biotics were discovered since most of insanity through history has been the result of infections, usually STDs. But there are still plenty of schizophrenics, drug-addicts, alcoholics, and bi-polar sufferers out there. Or people who suffer from autism or other conditions that make fitting in difficult.Probably one of the thousands of mentally ill homeless running around there now.
But the important thing is to find someone to blame for this. Because every problem become lighter and less burdensome once blame has been affixed.