[Closed] ASDA........Good grief!

That's diabolical really, as mentioned, so many other descriptions could have been used.

As a cleaver wielder who stalks the streets at night i am outraged to be lumped in with the "mental" description. I are not menTAAAAAAALLLLLL! 😈

ASDA..........AND Tesco?

Or are you making a clsss difference and sneering at Asda from a Tesco-shopper moral high ground? Perhaps the Tesco Express is closer and stocks the Daily Mail for you?

A bit of reality here: Mental health stigma is not something that the "professionally offended" have invented. It is real, and one of the effects is that people who really, really should get professional help don't seek it because of the stigma. Sometimes this leads to them killing themselves. Sometimes this leads to them killing others. Sometimes it 'just' leads to them having a much crapper life than they might otherwise have done if they's had better support at the right time.

And that effects us all, if only because it's a heck of a lot more expensive for the taxpayer when someone doesn't get a timely, outpatient intervention and that leads ultimately to them being sectioned for months or even years. Secure mental health units are very expensive.

Challenging anything that stigmatises mental health problems is, imo, absolutely the right thing to do.

Jamie hit the nail on the head with the name.

Also, to the professionally offended (whoever they are), all i have to say "You have the right to be offended, now **** off."

Everybody is missing the most important point. Where do I get one of those costumes now?

I am both a do-gooder and non-commissioned officer in the PC Brigade, but I am completely unfussed about this. Perhaps it's my history of mental illness giving me some perspective? 😉

edlong - Member

A bit of reality here: Mental health stigma is not something that the "professionally offended" have invented.

True, it is a real problem- just, not one that's affected by fancy dress costumes.