“Crucifying” doctors who assert foundational principles of medical ethics might in the long run intensify our longing for doctors who behave with compassion and humility.
Well said! Funny how those who try to impose their will never seem to learn how human nature works against their authoritarian impulses!
Books that make the list of banned books usually become bestsellers. The Index Librorum Prohibitorum of the Catholic Church reads like a who's who of Enlightment movers and shakers.
Thanks, Julius. Yes, the censorship of the medical empire has helped to turn a small-town doctor who otherwise would be unlikely to be known outside of his medical community into a powerful and "sharable" voice who brings comfort and hope to many people. Basic ethical and medical principles that should be universally upheld have, due to the oppression under which we live, turned into a "gospel" that can be shared to remind people of how science, medicine and the pursuit of knowledge could be practiced in a better world.
Well said! Funny how those who try to impose their will never seem to learn how human nature works against their authoritarian impulses!
Books that make the list of banned books usually become bestsellers. The Index Librorum Prohibitorum of the Catholic Church reads like a who's who of Enlightment movers and shakers.
Thanks, Julius. Yes, the censorship of the medical empire has helped to turn a small-town doctor who otherwise would be unlikely to be known outside of his medical community into a powerful and "sharable" voice who brings comfort and hope to many people. Basic ethical and medical principles that should be universally upheld have, due to the oppression under which we live, turned into a "gospel" that can be shared to remind people of how science, medicine and the pursuit of knowledge could be practiced in a better world.
I think so too. The seeds that will undo this censorship and oppression are being planted!
Perhaps our tendancy to root for the underdog and our reaction to censorship are in some respects innate defenses to counteract authoritarianism.
Yes, the seeds are planted, and the human need for truth, beauty and emotional attachment will hopefully make them bloom eventually.