Before i left, she turned to me and said “It’s people like you that make this world worthwhile, no matter how horrible it is.” I’m not an emotional man, but that just broke me completely. So i said a hurried goodbye and good luck. Keeping up appearances etc.
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Reflecting on this now, it has brought into focus many things that i was aware of and had an understanding of before, but this really brought it home for me.
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Our support networks are assumed to be as so: 1. Family. 2. Community. 3. The State. We are busy making it so hard to access 3 for those in need, who are in need because they don’t have 1 and 2. If you fall through, you are fucked.
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That, in modern Britain, is shocking. Utterly unacceptable, whatever your view of scrounges and benefits cheats. But by targetting them, innocent, vulnerable people are not getting the help they need.
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Also, people and not religions are moral and immoral, though religions may provide a moral framework for many. No doubt if i had run a local mosque, she would have a room for the night. But i had to take her at her word.
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Finally, had I never asked a simple question, this woman would not be getting help. I’m not seeking any praise for this, but I urge you all that when you see someone acting strange, ask them if they are alright.
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The worst you will often get is a “Fuck off, mate” that you can probably get over. But we expect the likes of the Police, station staff, people with responsibility to do this. No, we all need to do it, and not be locked in our own worlds all the time while this happens.
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So if you see someone who may be in need, just ask. Because nobody else may do it, and the systems we have in place may not pick them up. And the consequences of that don’t bear thinking of.
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So, you’ll have to excuse me if i don’t spend the evening discussing the political moves of a blonde halfwit, when people like this dear old lady are having to go through this. In Britain. In 2018. We are better than this, so lets act it /fin
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