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I'm deciding not to read this article.
I don't know why the framing. This is easy: review the cases. If it has his hand it's tainted one way or the other. That's it.
Where is the line between fetish and mental illness??? Why is it that if someone wants to cut off their own healthy limbs, we are calling this a fetish rather than saying what it is, a mental illness. No rationale human being would want this done. And before people state that there are many fetishes and that people have the right to have them, if any of you had a friend that wanted this done, you would take them to a…
If, as you imply, most people would stop a friend who did this, then it sounds like society already has the right attitude against it, and underscoring our concern by turning it into explicit disapproval at every mention is just lathering on a layer of censoriousness or shame.
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How is it tainted by that alone? It’s almost certain that at least some of the patients he amputated actually needed amputation.
It doesn't automatically condemn him but it will probably trigger some kind of independent review of his cases. Better hope it's a perfect record.
I'm deciding not to read this article.
I don't know why the framing. This is easy: review the cases. If it has his hand it's tainted one way or the other. That's it.
How is it tainted by that alone? It’s almost certain that at least some of the patients he amputated actually needed amputation.
There is a real chance he caused needless pain, with long draw out procedure with insufficient anesthetic.
There is probably some correlation between one's profession and fetishes. We already know some programming languages attract certain types of personalities/attitudes so why would that be different elsewhere?
> We already know some programming languages attract certain types of personalities/attitudes ... to say nothing of the monsters that use spaces instead of tabs ;)
Where is the line between fetish and mental illness??? Why is it that if someone wants to cut off their own healthy limbs, we are calling this a fetish rather than saying what it is, a mental illness. No rationale human being would want this done. And before people state that there are many fetishes and that people have the right to have them, if any of you had a friend that wanted this done, you would take them to a…
> Why is it that if someone wants to cut off their own healthy limbs, we are calling this a fetish rather than saying what it is, a mental illness. I do call it a mental illness. If I came across someone that wants to amputate a healthy limb, I'd tell them they're mentally ill and need professional help. Most amputees I know feel the same way. As an amputee (RBKA, due to necrotizing fasciitis and sepsis), -I know a n…