# DEPRESSION, DISABLED AND HOW I'VE MANAGED TO GET BETTER HELP.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depression-disabled-and-how-ive-managed-to-get-better-help/17516>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 19, 2000, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depression-disabled-and-how-ive-managed-to-get-better-help/17516 "2000-02-19T21:54:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2000, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depression-disabled-and-how-ive-managed-to-get-better-help/17516/21 "2000-02-20T20:14:00Z")

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> Of course a society must make communal provision for those who cannot care for themselves. It annoys me as much as anyone else when the system is abused and people defraud it (and my tax payments); but it is quite shocking that anyone would dispute the principle.

What principle is that?

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**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2000, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depression-disabled-and-how-ive-managed-to-get-better-help/17516/22 "2000-02-20T20:25:00Z")

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[Moderator Hat ON]

Ok, I’ve waffled on this one but it seems pretty clearly Pit-bound. It’s a pity, since I think it’d be a good Great Debate, but if I went through and cleaned up all the obscenities and personal insults there’d be about three words left.

[Moderator Hat OFF]

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