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11 Bravo wrote:

havent we learned that we cannot depend on child services?

We could....  but it would require giving the government a lot more power.

To be honest though...  child services (and social work in general) is one area I don't mind giving the government more power in.  It's hard for even Libertarians to argue against more power for these institutions because children are involved.

yes pack rats are not the same as horders though.

hoarders cause health risks

11 Bravo wrote:

yes pack rats are not the same as horders though.

Trash or stuff.  It's the same psychological issue ... the government deals with both the same ...  if it is discovered.

Ehrm...
Compulsive hoarding is a mental disorder (of several degrees of severeness).
Those people need help, not "solutions".

Stop watching moronic TV programs!
Stupid sensationalism.

Ilocano wrote:

mtb0minime wrote:

11 Bravo wrote:

yes pack rats are not the same as horders though.

Sure they are. They just hoard different things.

Once on that show saw a guy who saved a paper plate from his birthday a long-ass time ago because it reminded him of his dead mother.

As long as they are few and far between, I don't see a problem with that.  What of all the trophies and awards won by our kids?  Game winning balls from little league games.

That's the thing, they weren't few and far between. It was incredible. Just loads and loads of junk that he'd form attachments to. Sure it's important to save the big things, but he had a story for everything and just couldn't let anything go. They basically had to go one-by-one and say, "Would you rather keep this or that?"
Hoarders are kinda scary to me.