Am I angry
You don't have a clue. I'll actually tell you one reason why you are correct in one respect. Yes I am in pain.
Tell you why. My father was old and in hospital, it was obvious that he was dying. So, on his last night we were told by the hospital staff that because there was no knowledge as to when he would die, they could no longer keep him in hospital. They were therefore going to discharge him the next day. We said that we would come to collect him the next morning.
However, they discharged him very early so when we arrived he was already on his way home. We therefore turned around and went home . My two young sons were at home when we arrived and there was an ambulance outside the house. we were advised that dad had had a heart attack, best that he was not disturbed. He actually died in the ambulance.
Now, I am still angry, very angry because nobody, no state does that to my father. So, yes I am still in pain, and I am very angry.
My son subsequently joined the army and did very well, 2 para, top of class, straight in not via any regiment. Extraordinarily proud because of his awards, and service to his country. Then comes Iraq. You have to realise that the soldiers, who actually do the fighting, the killing and the dying, were lied to.
That is why I am angry, he refused to do what he was expected to do and was given an honourable discharge. That is why I am angry with Tony Blair and the politicians. They do not have to do the dirty work. They sit in parliament, they destroy the economy, they destroy the values which were held in such high regard. They are the guilty ones, and just as I will never forgive the system for what happened to my father, retired RN, Lt Cmdr MBE, I will never forgive the rotten state which has led to the carnage in my name and your name in Iraq and Afghanistan. Gordon Brown is just as guilty, he has blood on his hands, just like they all do.
As for my son, Ben, he now drives ambulances in London, he had the courage to do what he knew was right, he would not follow orders, and what have they done, our wonderful MoD they have taken him to court and taken out an injunction preventing him from speaking in public. What a great country we live in, freedom of speech. Well they are so afraid of what is said that they have to shut him up.
The truth will eventually come out about Dr David Kelly and his death, there must be a formal proper inquest. And just to throw some more oil on the fire, you and those like you keep an eye on Camelford and Aluminium Sulphide.
Am I angry, yes, but so should so many other people be angry if they really cared.
Tell you why. My father was old and in hospital, it was obvious that he was dying. So, on his last night we were told by the hospital staff that because there was no knowledge as to when he would die, they could no longer keep him in hospital. They were therefore going to discharge him the next day. We said that we would come to collect him the next morning.
However, they discharged him very early so when we arrived he was already on his way home. We therefore turned around and went home . My two young sons were at home when we arrived and there was an ambulance outside the house. we were advised that dad had had a heart attack, best that he was not disturbed. He actually died in the ambulance.
Now, I am still angry, very angry because nobody, no state does that to my father. So, yes I am still in pain, and I am very angry.
My son subsequently joined the army and did very well, 2 para, top of class, straight in not via any regiment. Extraordinarily proud because of his awards, and service to his country. Then comes Iraq. You have to realise that the soldiers, who actually do the fighting, the killing and the dying, were lied to.
That is why I am angry, he refused to do what he was expected to do and was given an honourable discharge. That is why I am angry with Tony Blair and the politicians. They do not have to do the dirty work. They sit in parliament, they destroy the economy, they destroy the values which were held in such high regard. They are the guilty ones, and just as I will never forgive the system for what happened to my father, retired RN, Lt Cmdr MBE, I will never forgive the rotten state which has led to the carnage in my name and your name in Iraq and Afghanistan. Gordon Brown is just as guilty, he has blood on his hands, just like they all do.
As for my son, Ben, he now drives ambulances in London, he had the courage to do what he knew was right, he would not follow orders, and what have they done, our wonderful MoD they have taken him to court and taken out an injunction preventing him from speaking in public. What a great country we live in, freedom of speech. Well they are so afraid of what is said that they have to shut him up.
The truth will eventually come out about Dr David Kelly and his death, there must be a formal proper inquest. And just to throw some more oil on the fire, you and those like you keep an eye on Camelford and Aluminium Sulphide.
Am I angry, yes, but so should so many other people be angry if they really cared.
posted by Catch22 at 2:54 PM
1 Comments:
Terry,
I feel for you in the same way as I feel about me. My Mum has now got terminal cancer. In the normal sense of things I could accept this. It will be hard, I know it will. But I also understand that these things happen. What I can't understand is why this is having to happen. It started off with a very small growth in her bladder. It was picked up very early, almost by accident. A scan for something else found it. They got her into hospital PDQ, operated, and removed whatever it was. They said come back every three months to have another check to make sure that it hasn't come back. Things were OK for a while and then there was another detection. Same thing, another operation and then the all-clear. But this time they said "you don't need to come back for six months". Six months went by and then they said "we can't see you right now - here's another appointment - in two months time". So eight months went by instead of three. You can guess the rest. It had come back and it had spread. For other reasons she can't be operated on in a big way, and has an already impaired immune system so she can't receive chemotherapy. Thing is - they knew all of this. So why delay the checkups by a factor of almost three times the time between them? Some things are preventable. This probably was (although I cannot be absolutely 100% certain about this). What I can't understand is why it wasn't prevented from happening, or at least why wasn't an attempt made to prevent this from happening?
On the subject of your Ben, he deserves a medal for what he has done. The Government has shot itself in the foot (or perhaps blown it's entire leg off) by seeking to gag him. Everyone of any importance knows all about Ben Griffin. The truth is coming out and there's nothing they can ultimately do to stop it. In fact it looks worse because they try to hide behind their own legislation. If you're following the work of Chris Ames you'll see that the Cabinet Office has to now reveal documents about Blair's dossier it thought it had hidden forever. Time will tell, it always does. I'm sure they will appeal, and I'm equally sure that they will, in the long run, lose. In fact they'll probably lose far more than if they'd been just a bit more honest in the first place.
On the subject of Dr Kelly, I too hope that one day (in the not too distant future) the full truth comes out. I'm not one who subscribes to the murder theories, but on the other hand I don't believe he died in the way that has so far been officially suggested. Look at it this way. Do you think that a man who had access to the finest suicide drug on the planet would have chosen to cut his own wrist? Or do you think that a man who might have taken the finest suicide drug on the planet might then also have cut his own wrist to prevent others from saying "he must have had a heart attack because of the pressure he was under" (not to mention a strenuous walk up and over Harrowdown Hill)?
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