Charles Dickens, a man who’s ideal vacation consisted of visiting insane asylums and prisons, claimed seeing the Eastern State Pen and Niagara Falls were his two reasons for coming to the US in 1842. It was all fun and games until around 1900.Al Capone’svisit lasting from 1929-1930 cre...
<19>For centuries, religion had provided the explanation for the distinction (and division) between man and woman. Though some biblical scholars have suggested that Adam was originally hermaphroditic, most Christians have historically accepted that God created Adam in His image and then, recognizing A...
Now, this is not entirely an unreasonable view. In many countries around the world, dissidents, people who argue against the state, are often determined to be mentally ill and thrown in asylums. Blacks in the United States who tried to escape from slavery were described as having a mental ...