A veteran of the Canadian Forces, former corporal Shawn Brumsey, 50, who lived in Conception Bay South died in January but was not discovered until police entered his home in mid-May. Now his sister is speaking up. Not because she didn’t bother to check on her own brother for 4 months. Nor is she telling people they should try to keep in touch with family members especially if that family member is experiencing mental illness. No, she is (of course) blaming a government department for not discovering her brother earlier. That’s right, it’s the government’s fault. How far gone is she, and I suspect many people, where they will blame the government for pretty much anything? Have we completely and utterly surrendered our independence and become mere children constantly looking to Mommy Government to take care of us? It seems so in many cases.
Perhaps what we are seeing is someone who does not want acknowledge her own guilt in this situation. I don’t think she’s necessarily to blame for this. Often people don’t talk to family members for long periods of time. This doesn’t make them a bad person. What makes this whole situation so ridiculous is the nerve she has blaming the government. I don’t usually care for the government and I’m not defending it here. I’m just noting how utterly dependent and childlike people have become on the government. It’s really sad. The government should at best be considered a necessary evil, not the be-all and end-all of everything we do.
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