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Hugh Mann   (23 September 2007)

Sick Society 23 September 2007
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Hugh Mann,
Physician
Eagle Rock, MO 65641 USA

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Re: Sick Society

When people are sick, we ask doctors to cure them. But when societies are sick, we ask politicians to cure them. We forget that a society is a group of people, and that a sick society is a group of sick people who are suffering and need help.

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