On Thursday, November 27, 1997 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Steve Chiarelli wrote:   
   > WCB: A KILLING MACHINE OF INJURED WORKERS   
   >    
   > The vision of the WCB states 'To be a Workers' Compensation Board valued   
   > and respected by workers, employers and the people of Ontario'. How can   
   > you respect or value something that is destroying your life, your   
   > essence of being, your soul. That has no regard for what its lies,   
   > deceptions and games are doing to you. How frustrated, depressed, angry,   
   > bitter, anti-social, self-doubting and emotionally distraught a person   
   > can become. This to the point of actually understanding how a person can   
   > take a weapon and go into a place of employment, government office or   
   > even a public place and start harming and even killing people. What a   
   > frightening thought to be able to understand that kind of frustration.   
   > The feel of losing total control of your life and mind to the point of   
   > snapping. Total despair and hopelessness giving way to suicidal   
   > thoughts. To lose your self-worth, your identity, your confidence in   
   > your capabilities as a human being, an individual. To doubt yourself, to   
   > feel completely worthless, to lose your zest for life. Your life, having   
   > no meaning, no purpose, no future. Wanting to just hide in a dark corner   
   > and fade from existence. How can you respect and value something that   
   > destroys your soul and puts out your fire. The government body that was   
   > supposed to help the injured worker is there to destroy them, to   
   > penalize the worker for getting injured and the employer receiving all   
   > the benefit. The employer is always right and the injured worker is   
   > always wrong. This is the system that the people of Ontario are supposed   
   > to respect and value. They say that they want to help you in every way   
   > to obtain a new job, to retrain and educate you. They only want to do   
   > what saves them the most money and makes their numbers look good. The   
   > lies and incompetence encountered in this government body are   
   > incredible. Now the WCB is making more changes to improve its services.   
   > To help whom? The WCB? Yes! The employer? Yes! The injured worker?   
   > Definitely not!!! Who is going to help the injured worker, desperate, at   
   > the end of their rope, needing assistance? When is the injured worker   
   > going to be treated with respect and like a human being and not just a   
   > number in a corrupt system?   
   >                                        Heike Chiarelli   
   >                                        Kitchener, Ontario   
      
   Well, Heike, it might have been more useful if you had given some specific   
   facts about HOW the WCB has messed up peoples lives. Also, the repetitive rant   
   you typed in would probably have more impact if you weren't such a lazy,   
   useless hybrid of a woman.    
   Peace   
      
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