Monday, February 4, 2019

Symptoms include a lengthening nose

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Would you ever lie to your doctor?  Is lying to your doctor ever justified?  What can be done to help make the doctor/patient relationship more open and honest?  Do lies (often white lies) that doctors tell patients exacerbate the situation?

The last prophet and an early feminist as well?


If you really look at his life and teachings carefully, might Muhammad be a good model for how to treat women with dignity and respect?   Do you believe that religions (like Islam) have good ideas at their beginnings, which are then corrupted by culture?  Or do you believe that religion is a bad place to look for models and inspiration in terms of how to make our world a better place?

Mild Canadians crushing dissent with iron fists

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This is the last entry you can comment on for the month of February.
How much of a problem is it that countries tend to deny their own faults and exaggerate the faults of neighboring countries as the author seems to claim that Canada does in regards to the US?  Does "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" sound better or worse than "Peace, Order, and Good Government" as a goal?  Does the latter too often end up as an excuse for (racist) authoritarianism?