Known, diagnosed, Treated, or disclosed to the Company prior to the Effective Date, and including any and all subsequent, chronic or recurring complications or consequences related thereto or resulting or arising therefrom. Pre-Existing shall also mean any Injury, Illness, Sickness, disease, or other physical, medical, mental or nervous disorder, condition or ailment that, with reasonable medical certainty, existed at the time of Application or at any time during the 36 months prior to the Effective Date of this insurance, whether or not previously manifested, symptomatic or The USA will always be a place of astonishing achievement and vitality and wonder, and it will always hold my heart.īut it’s heartbreaking to watch it destroy itself.“Pre-Existing Condition” means any medical condition, Sickness, Injury, Illness, disease, mental Illness or mental nervous disorder, for which medical advice, diagnosis, care or Treatment was recommended or received or for which a reasonably prudent person would have sought Treatment during the 36-month period immediately preceding the Effective Date of Coverage under this Policy. Their cities are full of life and spirit and art and ideas. Their landscape is unparalleled – from the red rocks of Utah to the pure lakes of Michigan to the wild forests of the Appalachian Trail. Americans, despite what many of their lawmakers’ actions would suggest – are some of the most engaging, interesting, brilliant people you’ll ever meet. And it’s deeply sad.ĭespite its enormous – and increasing – failings, it remains (only just…) my favourite place on the planet. It’s quite stunning watching this once all-powerful nation regress into the dark ages. Crime in New York is through the roof.Īdd a bunch of unwanted babies being born to mothers without the means to look after them – and give those unwanted children unfettered access to guns as they grow into adulthood – and America in 15, 20 years from now is going to be one of the most terrifying places on earth. Homelessness in San Francisco is out of control. Poverty in America is far, far worse and more visible than I ever remember it – parts of Los Angeles at the moment looks like they’re in the third world. On top of their disastrous gun laws, the US Supreme Court has just made another decision that is going to entrench America’s rapidly increasing poverty problem: overturning Roe vs Wade, which protected women’s right to abortion. It was so unremarkable, so commonplace that it barely made headlines. While I was there, a mass shooting happened just a few blocks from where I was staying some nutter went ballistic over a money dispute and ended up gunning down a bunch of hotel workers. ![]() It’s heartbreaking to watch it destroy itself.Īnother time, more recently, I was travelling in rural Mississippi, stunned by all the handwritten GLOCKS 4 SALE signs on the side of the road. ![]() As I was mushed cheek to cheek with the people next to me I thought, all it would take would be one idiot with a gun to fire into the air – they wouldn’t even need to shoot anyone – and we’d have a stampede. It was a peaceful gathering but it was gigantic – it was later estimated that there were 200,000 people in attendance. ![]() Once, I went to a huge rally led by the comedians Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert in the Washington Mall in 2010. There have been several times when I’ve been in the US where their out-of-control gun proliferation has really scared me. In plain terms, that means it’s just become even more likely that people you see anywhere in the country – in any state, including California, New York and Massachusetts – is carrying a gun.Īnd as an Australian – or as anyone who values being alive, really – that’s a really frightening thought. That truth became even more evident last week, when the Supreme Court struck down a New York state law that prevented its citizens needing a special licence to carry arms in the street. I'm rethinking travel to the USA in 2022.
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