03-29-2018, 11:09 AM
(03-29-2018, 10:56 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: This is indicative of our attitude in this country of preferring punishment over treatment and not dealing with veteran issues like PTSD.
You have a man who served this adopted country in uniform and the result of that turned him to substance abuse. He admits to his crimes and seeks to better himself. For that he is deported.
These are the situations I have a tough time with, but also highlight why a technocracy isn't the best thing. Per the laws and policies in place, the deportation was appropriate. As a bureaucrat, I like that. It's nice and neat in its explanation. But life isn't cut and dry. There is room here to say "our systems failed this person, causing him to seek help in places he shouldn't have because he wasn't getting it where he should've been." Should we not have sympathy to that situation?
I just wish that we could fix the VA system in a way that people like this would be supported. That isn't going to be happening any time soon, though.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
