Stressed to breaking point

What a schizophrenic society we are. 

There was a story yesterday regarding a company who had been made to stop putting 'wrist bands' on asylum seekers as a form of recognition when they turn up for a free meal. It was thought demeaning for them !! Within an hour I was listening to a charity asking people to wear a 'wrist band' to denote support for cancer support. In the one we were denigrating whilst in the other we wished to become distinguished.
Tesco has been brought to book regarding its bullying practices towards it suppliers.  They have withheld payment for months, they have insisted on discounts which reduced the supplier to supplying at virtually cost price and driving the supplier to the proverbial and financial wall. It is suggested that farmers have committed suicide at the unfair trading approach by these pasty faced commercial tyrants. 

This was common knowledge for years but it has taken Tesco's financial tinkering of their  books, manipulating their profitability which hurt the "high minded" financial market who demanded an enquiry. No enquiry into the 'heavy hand' on suppliers until the financial boys felt the heat and then anything and everything was possible. Tesco have only been asked to apologise since the law that would allow the authorities to fine Tesco was brought in after the inquiry started and for some strange reason can't be used !!!
A little boy died because the medical system let him down. Part of our ever vigilant accounting practice regarding reducing the operating cost of the NHS has been the outsourcing of the telephone service connecting the public with medical assistance. From being able to contact a properly trained medical person you now reach a "call centre" where the operator has an interrogation sheet which is designed to get to a prognoses of what is wrong. Somehow these question sheets are supposed to do away with the need for years of training and subtle analysis and in the little boys case, his lack of a temperature was a signal that he was ok. Apparently with sepsis, which is what he had, the temperature does not rise and he died for lack of medical attention. I suppose a cost accountant would be able to come up with a convincing statistical reason for interfacing the public with relatively untrained people but tell that to the Mother who's son died needlessly.
Faith schools who demand the Niqab (covered from head to toe) to pupils who are refused the right to wear a crucifix not only confuse the ordinary man and women in the street. It makes for insecurity when common sense is relegated by Minority preference and practice, it introduces the minefield of PC into our lives, lives which are stressed enough as it is.