Why is this country so sick?
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Its been playing on my mind for while now, Ive no statistics to back it up but is this country burdened with more than its fair share of terminal illness and disability?
My Mrs' brother is mentally handicapped. Whoopi-doo you may say. But its been hard for us because of my reaction to him. At the age of 32, he is the first mentally handicapped person Ive ever had to speak to or be in contact with.
In Australia, I didnt know any handicapped people and I didnt know anyone with Cancer (which is not to say that there isnt any incedence of it). I didnt even know anyone who had these issues in their family. And I knew a fair amount of people.
Here, I know LOTS of people who have mentally handicapped family members, lots of people who have battled cancer or know someone who has and I seem to see more of them day-to-day.
Conversely, over there I knew stacks of people who have been subjected to a home-invasion/break & enter. Here, I dont know any.
My Mrs' brother is mentally handicapped. Whoopi-doo you may say. But its been hard for us because of my reaction to him. At the age of 32, he is the first mentally handicapped person Ive ever had to speak to or be in contact with.
In Australia, I didnt know any handicapped people and I didnt know anyone with Cancer (which is not to say that there isnt any incedence of it). I didnt even know anyone who had these issues in their family. And I knew a fair amount of people.
Here, I know LOTS of people who have mentally handicapped family members, lots of people who have battled cancer or know someone who has and I seem to see more of them day-to-day.
Conversely, over there I knew stacks of people who have been subjected to a home-invasion/break & enter. Here, I dont know any.
Edited by 308mate on Thursday 23 September 11:10
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