The human race has a cruel streak in it that will, eventually, be the end of us. I have been watching a video (and which is, obviously, being viewed world wide by millions on tv) of brutality to patients in a British mental hospital. Yesterday there were shots of a man, later to be found to be dead, laying in a British hospital corridor and being dragged away in a most callous manner.
There are a few protests about these happenings but, in general, all these acts are treated by an indifferent public, who could not care less, as long as it does not happen to them. The same happens to, what used to be called, shell-shocked soldiers, As far as we are concerned it is all swept under the carpet except for Armistice Day when everyone who needs to be seen by the media,is seen laying wreaths and looking suitably solemn and the rest of us may, or may not, shut up for a minute's silence, while hundreds of servicemen are not being treated and honoured in the way that they deserve because it costs money.
