Dealing with the disabled and the elderly is problem in our society. A suspected Ebola patient can summarily be incarcerated, isolated and deprived of his/her rights at the drop of a hat. An autistic individual who has lapses of self control *****. The list is endless. We expect the wisdom of Solomon from our citizens and particularly those in authority - and predictably we do not get it. I personally have no answers and I also judge by the clear light of hindsight. However, there are two distinctions that have to be made:
1) when a mistake is made it must be corrected immediately and the remedy administered fairly and humanly. and
2) the element of exploitation has to be addressed and dealt with.
This latter situation is my issue.
What has me very upset is the fact that we have developed a cottage industry here in Illinois and apparently in Texas, California, Ohio, Penna, etc wherein corrupt political and judicial officials have found a way to profit from the disabilities of fellow citizens. This nefarious situation is what I call elder cleansing and what Dr. Sugar has been referring to as guardianship for profit. This insidious corruption is unfortunately aided and abetted by lawyer disciplinary commissions such as the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission. Even more nefarious is the fact that the Supreme Court of the State rubber stamps the criminal action of the lawyer disciplinary Commission. Thus, the Constitutional protections of both the concerned citizens and the victims are trampled upon.
If only the hypocrisy ended there!
We have laws on the books to address this very situation. Those laws are inconvenient as they expose some of the most powerful and clout heavy political and judicial figures as common criminals of the most despicable kind - i.e. those who prey on the elderly and the disabled.
Illinois has a bunch of cases that stand out. Sykes is a textbook laboratory of corruption. Not only was there never any jurisdiction but Mary was not incompetent. The appointment of two guardian ad litem was a clear tip off. AND the vigor of the thieves in first entering Mary's safety deposit box and not inventoring a single gold coin - (total valued at over a million dollars) and then the hammering of Gloria Sykes. Few miscreants would have had the temerity to openly and notoriously isolate, abuse, and exploit a senior citizen as the Sykes miscreants did! Jerome Larkin created the ridiculous spectacle of prosecuting both JoAnne and me for demanding an HONEST INVESTIGATION! In doing so he exposed his own culpability and the amorality of himself, the attorneys who he employed, and others. It was a repeat of the history of Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia!
In my opinion this terrible case and the thousands just like it are deplorable examples of what should never happen, but happens because of our inability to own up honestly to our prejudice inhumanity and vulnerability.
I can understand and even rationalize some of these scenarios; however, the actions of the 'guardians for profit' 'elder cleansers' and those who affirmatively aid and abet them - such as Larkin, Black, Smart and their ilk I cannot have sympathy or even an understanding.
NB. Please do not get me wrong - I do not condone the negligent act or biased act toward the elderly (or any other group of people). The hater should be punished. The for profit bigot such as the guardian for profit has no redeeming social value).
Ken Ditkowsky
Dealing with the disabled and the elderly is problem in our society. A suspected Ebola patient can summarily be incarcerated, isolated and deprived of his/her rights at the drop of a hat. An autistic individual who has lapses of self control *****. The list is endless. We expect the wisdom of Solomon from our citizens and particularly those in authority - and predictably we do not get it. I personally have no answers and I also judge by the clear light of hindsight. However, there are two distinctions that have to be made:
Ken Ditkowsky
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