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was off, but points weren't  Q: I disagreed with your column
about the managers who failed to deal with a mentally disturbed
employee. In today's world, you can't just have someone hauled
away for being "crazy." This woman is probably harmless, so I
believe you were wrong to call her "deranged" and a possible
danger to others.  A: Thank you for writing to express your
concern. In my astonishment at management's decision to ignore
an employee who was clearly out of touch with reality, I may
have used some overly colorful language to describe the
situation. I certainly did not intend to be insulting.  But the
other employees did have a valid reason to be fearful. People
who believe they are being persecuted have been known to harm
others in an effort to protect themselves from imagined threats.
By disregarding this possibility, management was neglecting the
welfare of both the troubled emplo