But even when a loved one poses a clear and present danger to society, relatives don't always intervene effectively.

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Only that will ensure that cooler heads prevail in weighing the guaranteed rights of people in a free society with protecting the defenseless and interdicting those who are a danger to themselves and others.

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She and other MPs argued that the idea is very much in the spirit of the Big Society to help small business and social enterprises and that there was a danger of the market for Green Deal energy improvements being dominated by a few corporate big boys.

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