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Yes, Sparrow, I see the article as someone making fun of a person who was actually suffering.
I know there are a lot of people who find people being injured absolutely riotous. America's Funniest Home Videos seem to be mostly about people being injured in one way or another. I don't watch the show, because I don't find it funny in the least.
I also don't care if the entire population of the UK thinks that suing for medical damages is "daft." Of course, understanding that this is a cultural phenomenon in the UK, I will try my best to see the joke and laugh appropriately the next time I am in the UK and see someone injured or killed. It won't be easy for me, but when in Rome ... or London.
I guess it's just that I'm one of those types that doesn't care to attend public executions, or to hunt, or to try to get a good view when there's been an auto accident with fatalities. In the last example, I am much more likely to get out of my car and offer assistance ... but that's my training ... it's sort of automatic.
The fact that the article was written by an American just reminds me that there are a lot of callous and uncaring people in my own country. I am not proud of the fact that they exist ... but there you have it, they do and they do have the right to freedom of speech.
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