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 From: sewbeit@nosuchaddress.ca 
  
 On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:35:11 -0800, "KMoiarty"  
 wrote: 
  
 > 
 >Unfortunately, thanks in part to a movie viewing public that too often fails 
 >to distinguish between reality and mere entertainment... case in point the 
 >profound effect on public perceptions to do with mental illness and its 
 >medical treatment, the movie classic, "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest", has 
 >had... in most of North America, mental hospitals are either permanently 
 >closed down or functioning only in a state of  decline or 'impending-closure 
 >limbo', as many communities inaccurately regard them as inhumane, 
 >'politically incorrect' dinosaurs of the past.  As a direct result, 
 >illness-compromised people such as the above (apparent) case are being left 
 >undertreated as well as unprotected from, both, their illness-related 
 >extreme-lack-of-judgement and the criminal/predatorial-user element taking 
 >advantage of them. 
  
 All while Canada's politicians collect huge paychecks, perks and 
 golden pensions. Most for doing NOTHING AT ALL. BTW, I agree with what 
 you pointed out above...people have also become really stupid in that 
 they IDOLIZE millionaire actors, actresses, and more recently SPORT 
 ENTERTAINMENT FIGURES. Sure, they work and give to charities BUT what 
 most people do not realize is that it is a huge tax deduction for 
 them. If they did it out of the goodness of their hearts then maybe I 
 would feel differently but deducting it makes me sick. 
  
 > 
  
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