Re: GOP Wins "Lie of the Year" Title

In article <ifgia4$72i$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Les Cargill <lcargill99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Tony Elka wrote:
In article<ifgb5i$up4$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Les Cargill<lcargill99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Bruce Morgen wrote:
Tony Elka<shadowlane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article<iffh8q$cih$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Les Cargill<lcargill99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Eh? Modern medicine was born in the carnage of
the French Revolution and it's been bloody minded
ever since.


Is that supposed to actually mean something?

It means Les has failed at
yet another more-clever-
than-thou pedantry attempt.



It means Tony's projecting his utter lack of reading comprehension.

Again.

--
Les Cargill


So enlighten me. How is modern medicine "bloody minded" today?

Tony


I use that phrase to mean it's overall a reductionist, treat-
the-patient-as-an-object discipline. This isn't a complaint;
we're better off for it. But medicine is like unto a war against
disease, and that biases our/their view of things. And since
employer-provided insurance means that somebody else
often pays for it....

I think one of the best treatments of this subject is James Burke's
"The Day The Universe Changed".

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6ED30F2219D638CF

And I do mean modern medicine grew up in the French Revolution,
when the barber/surgeons took over from the Aristotlean physicians.
I believe that's referred to in "Connections", one of 'em as well.


--
Les Cargill


Thank you for clarifying. Simply using the expression "bloody minded"
did not communicate the same thing to me at all.

Tony
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