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Something important came to light this evening and I must put the record straight.
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I was out & about doing grocery & prescription deliveries today so didn't see / hear the topics discussed, but got a run down from a friend when I called this evening
One topic pulled me up short: the cost to the NHS of caring for those with existing health conditions...
One topic pulled me up short: the cost to the NHS of caring for those with existing health conditions...
I've seen some of what people are saying, counting the financial cost of keeping people alive and I am aware of how that has made some people feel about themselves & how much they have cost the NHS
There are some things I want to say on this subject, so please bear with me...
There are some things I want to say on this subject, so please bear with me...
Firstly: your life has worth FAR beyond anything material or financial
There is only ONE type of person who would measure your worth in terms of what it costs for you to continue living: a complete, fucking asshole. A moral coward & a chinless, soulless bottom-feeder
There is only ONE type of person who would measure your worth in terms of what it costs for you to continue living: a complete, fucking asshole. A moral coward & a chinless, soulless bottom-feeder
Your life is YOUR life, no one else's and you have as much right to your life as anyone else
The cost of your care is irrelevant to any of us who understand that the road to measuring a humans worth was travelled by people who ultimately brought the entire world to war...
The cost of your care is irrelevant to any of us who understand that the road to measuring a humans worth was travelled by people who ultimately brought the entire world to war...
Secondly: Ask any soldier, airman, seaman, doctor, nurse, teacher, rescuer or parent if they would be happy to let a civilian die
As someone who has before been - and is now again - in the position of responsible for protecting human life, I want to say that I have...
As someone who has before been - and is now again - in the position of responsible for protecting human life, I want to say that I have...
...and will risk my life to save yours in a heartbeat. Not because I'm a gung-ho meathead, but because your life is IMPORTANT
You are important. The lives you touch during your life, the people you help, the friends whose lives you enrich, the memories you create...
You are important. The lives you touch during your life, the people you help, the friends whose lives you enrich, the memories you create...
...the love you create, the things you make, the children you raise...you all leave an impression completely beyond measure by any means, especially financial or scientific
If you ever encounter a Peter Hitchens or Allison Pearson type who wants to count the cost of keeping...
If you ever encounter a Peter Hitchens or Allison Pearson type who wants to count the cost of keeping...
...you alive, ask yourself what THEY are doing to help others; I think you'll find that the answer is: nothing
Lastly: this business of playing accountants with people's lives is exactly the sort of evil, spiteful, dishonest crap that brought the UK to a precipice with Brexit
Lastly: this business of playing accountants with people's lives is exactly the sort of evil, spiteful, dishonest crap that brought the UK to a precipice with Brexit
Getting parts of the population to turn on other parts is the work of a toxic regime. No compassionate, responsible govt lets something like that pass, let alone encourages it
Please, realise your own value and DO NOT let these assholes get to you. Stay strong & please know...
Please, realise your own value and DO NOT let these assholes get to you. Stay strong & please know...
...that we that have spent time trying to keep you safe, will always have your back, not because we feel sorry for you but because you are a wonderful, unique human being.
