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“Psychological distress expands to meet the supply of publicly funded services available to reduce it.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Life at the Bottom <\/a>by Theodore Dalrymple<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The photo is of the Red Rose Garden at the New Otani Hotel<\/a> in Tokyo. I have a few more that I’m sure you will get to see in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The quote from Theodore Dalrymple is unfortunately close to the truth, and there is nothing we can do about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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