Before I begin this, as any victim of bullying, I am obligated to explain and preface thoroughly with a warning of non-hatred for the bullies in our nations all suffer from impulsivity of emotional outbursts that leads to violent acts. I harbor no hatred towards the Russian people so I am merely using analogies as easily understandable to my target audience. And as I am in Toronto, I am using Russia as an evil entity, when in fact I think of the Russian people just the same as of any other nation. Therefore KGB are evil dudes, Kasparov is hated by that government, and Mental Health is the topic. If you get upset, remember, I even tried learning Russian to marry a Russian woman, but alas, it did not work out, so your anger is your own problem.
All that legal talk aside, let's begin with psychiatry. Here in Canada, when a person is locked up, or imprisoned, there are two check boxes on the form. There might be less in your nations if they are not as evolved as our brand of democracy, or more, if you are truly unlucky. But in Canada, they have what is called "court ordered" examinations and these are called "involuntary" and there are also "voluntary" imprisonments. It is kind of like a binary tree. You go left or right, if those in power think something is wrong with you, regardless of your own opinion. Either the Police come with guns or SWAT teams if you resist sufficiently and this is called involuntary, or you go in by yourself and say something is wrong with you and your mind. Either way, an educated (or not) being known as a psychiatrist then decides what is wrong with you and how to repair you or rather how to address your existence within this particular society. Whether you will be allowed to live as a free man, or exist within a confined prison like atmosphere, or sometimes visit on appointment basis but be forever known as an "out-patient" of the mental health system. It is all up to the whims, ambitions, biases, racist and sexist opinions, education and lack thereof, of a person known as a psychiatrist. None of these decision makers were ever present in any of your live's moments, so they have no clue what truly happened nor whom to trust. But they do make the decision regardless. To Canadian government at least, this makes sense, even though it is lunacy. Imagine your best friend deciding how to punish you based on somebody's opinion that you're a thief? Makes no sense.
Well, Kasparov in mother Russia might have the same problem. He is known for his outspoken manner on Facebook and in person. Sometimes his words echo profoundly with those whom do not like Russia, and sometimes with dissent of rebels living there. Sometimes Kasparov even says things blatantly against this and that government, Putin or non-Putin alike. Either way, many see Kasparov as a brave man for these statements. After all, he is one of the wisest chess players in all of human history, as far as we all know. A homeless dude could be smarter, but a homeless dude did not compete in any tournaments for various reasons. So Kasparov represents the smartest discovered chess player. As such we all hold his opinion high and mighty, and given his Russian roots, especially of the almost democratic regime's acts. So when Kasparov says "Putin is dumb.", not that he ever said that, but you can imagine the Russian government might wish to mute the celebrity just a tad. Apparently Russians are way more notorious at using metal objects that we in Canada associate with discouragement of criminal acts, objects such as metal bars and handcuffs. So how does Kasparov feel when he visits Russia, if he is even allowed? I recall reading something about that being problematic, but I could have forgotten and mixed it up. This 1,000 nation planet of ours seems to have so many leaderships out of the water that we seem to have to get Ph.D. just to be safe as tourists.
This all ties into the psychiatry binary tree in a magical way. Should our famous chess player visit his motherland, the government might opt not to eliminate him with another metal object, known as a gun. Metal, isn't it wonderful? I'm so glad all those blacksmiths toiled at perfecting the art form. Nevermind the NRA, we should be banning metal mining. So the government will choose, of its own free will not to kill Kasparov, for certainly such an act would be heinously perceived by the global media and his fans. But what if Kasparov became suddenly ill and the Russian people worked really hard to help him? What if he suddenly developed late onset mental illness? What if he ended up in Russia's asylums where he was offered the best Russian assistance but despite their scientists no help was possible and he killed himself? Quite plausiable and believable, and yet all made up. This is the psychiatry binary tree. Voluntary or involuntary. Why are these words completely meaningless? Involuntary means the man simply lost it and for the safety of others force was used to help the individual by removing him from the populace for a while. So in our chess player's case, maybe he drank too much, talked anti Russian, got into a fight, and went crazy? Maybe due to his age a cell misfired and caused him to talk non-sense ans see hallucinations? Thousands of DSM possibilities serve these vested interests. The other side of the binary coin is voluntary, perhaps the state will claim Kasparov decided he wasn't feeling well in the middle of the night and called an ambulance? But this is the naive person's perspective and within it only and exclusively in this scope do these two checkboxes matter. Voluntary could also mean a KGB agent approached Kasparov and with a wink said "You love your family sir, do you not? It would be a shame if something, anything, were to happen to them? Perhaps your time in America is endangering your family and you should let us help you?". Under this scenario, the his voluntary admission would actually be a covert force of involuntary.
This is why I am using Russia, because in Canada, the phrase "That doesn't happen here" is way more popular than over there across the ocean blue. I could have written the same about North Korea, but well, nobody really knows any athletes, or musicians from that dark forest. Just try and explain these simple Jason Bourne concepts I learned from Hollywood movies to a random Canadian and see how uneducated and naive all of the cannucks are. And that is because Canada is a beautiful, peace-loving democracy-keeping nation where those types of things never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, happen. Ever. We promise. In fact, the United Nations even voted Canada as the best place to live I believe two times. Way more than Russia, and way more than any Korea, even the South one. It must certianly be free from oppression, deragatory racism, passive-aggressive police forces, misappropriation of judicial rules, and most certainly free from poisoned food. Only a crazy person with mental health needs would imply Canada has any of these problems and that it's entire legal system is nothing more than platitudes to the poor by the queens in power whom keep wanting more and more whilest offering nothing whatsoever of any real value, unless it results in their luxuries and comforts. Canada, certainly is full of funny people, we made Jim Carrey, did we not? We made basketball and hockey. Our nation is the best, and who cares if we have to silence a few voices of differing opinions the way Russia does anyway? Nobody will know. Right brothers? O... Canada. Now back to chess and Kasparov. I still have to figure out why e3 is not a good opening move. I think I can beat Kasparov one day if I get this right. Seeing as in Toronto these silly abuses of power never occur, I should be able to become a bigger celebrity than the Vodka-drinking pawn pusher.
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