Comments for Tomgram: Ward, How the Public Library Became Heartbreak Hotel at http://atlanticfreepress.com , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://atlanticfreepress.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:02:15 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/1306-tomgram-ward-how-the-public-library-became-heartbreak-hotel.html#comment-3669 Just test it! Wiki wikipedia.org http://www.wikipedia.org/ - diplas Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:13:14 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/1306-tomgram-ward-how-the-public-library-became-heartbreak-hotel.html#comment-1821 "It's a dirty little secret that tells us all too much about the state of our nation today." What it tells us is that these poor souls are victims of an earlier reform, when do-gooders and social work theory and government officials decided that large institutions (that housed and fed them and provided activities and safety) were cruel and impersonal. So we opened the doors and closed their homes, we let them live free and on their own and medicated them, although most couldn't even manage that. They didn't just fall through the cracks, they were push through. I'm old enough to remember talking to staffers, pastors and academics who thought this was a good and kind thing to do to them. - a guest Tue, 03 Apr 2007 02:54:44 +0100