tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post3322251052198024889..comments2024-02-10T02:14:39.898-05:00Comments on Buckeye Surgeon: Evidence based torture?Jeffrey Parks MD FACShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650563299849196122noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-27796225703317228772009-05-13T01:38:00.000-04:002009-05-13T01:38:00.000-04:00The importance of integrity and impartiality.The <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/business/13surgeon.html?hp" REL="nofollow">importance</A> of integrity and impartiality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-65110575176260155612009-05-05T13:51:00.000-04:002009-05-05T13:51:00.000-04:00Mr. Obama said:
“I was struck by an article that ...Mr. Obama said:<br /><br />“I was struck by an article that I was reading the other day talking about the fact that the British, during World War II, when London was being bombed to smithereens, had 200 or so detainees. And Churchill said, “we don’t torture,” when the — the entire British — all of the British people were being subjected to unimaginable risk and threat. And — and — and the reason was that Churchill understood, you start taking shortcuts, and over time, that corrodes what’s — what’s best in a people.”<br /><br /><A HREF="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/a-post-script-on-churchill-obama-and-torture/" REL="nofollow">Link</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-32839196766390467362009-05-03T20:51:00.000-04:002009-05-03T20:51:00.000-04:00From AMA to POUS,
"Dear Mr. President...." 4/17/...<A HREF="http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/-1/obama-letter-torture.pdf" REL="nofollow">From AMA to POUS</A>,<br /><br />"Dear Mr. President...." 4/17/2009Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-28321609657591552652009-05-03T13:07:00.000-04:002009-05-03T13:07:00.000-04:00In 1991 I, Frank Drackman, M.D. participated first...In 1991 I, Frank Drackman, M.D. participated first hand in a cruel degrading physically painful practice, on one of our own Servicemen!!! And you're right, they didn't give up any classified information, they just screamed "ARGHHHHHHHHH-OWWWWWWWWWWWW", then they sung Hosannas and hugged me when I stopped...<br /><br />I evacuated a Subungual hematoma with nothing but a Zippo Lighter and a paper clip...<br /><br />FrankAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-19248271090615343782009-05-01T21:08:00.000-04:002009-05-01T21:08:00.000-04:00Sorry, I should clarify, I meant anyone who has pa...Sorry, I should clarify, I meant anyone who has participated in this government sponsored and encouraged torture.BR Morrisseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933855466265518073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-47488198145243815712009-05-01T19:15:00.000-04:002009-05-01T19:15:00.000-04:00Thank-you for your exposition, analysis, and espec...Thank-you for your exposition, analysis, and especially your position, on torture.<br /><br />This might seem like it doesn't fit, but if you think about it, you'll see a connection: I had a grotesquely overtreating surgery for a benign condition a few years ago, which dashed my quality of life to a wretched low compared to when I entered the hospital in full health for diagnostic surgery. To read your intelligent, reflective, and deeply felt messages urging readers to think deeply about the extensive and complex ramifications of torture has forced me to release some of my loathing for the general dispassion and anomie prevalent in so many medical professionals regarding the lived lives of patients. <br /><br />You demonstrate what so few others on the medical blogs dismiss: a love of humanity and a concern for the humane, while others seem obsessed with procedure, ailments, and their careers.<br /><br />Thank-you & please continue to express yourself freely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-49320181698750519132009-05-01T17:21:00.000-04:002009-05-01T17:21:00.000-04:00This is just a thought: I love animals, and what ...This is just a thought: I love animals, and what Michael Vick did was absolutely cruel and unusual. He deserved to serve time in jail, and did. But he will likely spend more time in jail than anyone associated with torturing human beings.BR Morrisseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933855466265518073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-32116630718853068792009-05-01T11:53:00.000-04:002009-05-01T11:53:00.000-04:00Speaking of medically related posts. The buckeye s...Speaking of medically related posts. The buckeye surgeon fans would like his insight into the spine flu that killed over 20 million worldwide between 1918-1920.Over 500,000 were in the US. Attached is a link to a 60 minutes interview in 1979 where the government abandoned a vaccination program for the swine flu due to adverse outcomes. I also attached a youtube clip of the propaganda that was ran in 1976 to create the panic.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASibLqwVbsk&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eritholtz%2Ecom%2Fblog%2Fcategory%2Fvideo%2F&feature=player_embedded<br /><br /><br />http://www.whale.to/vaccines/swine.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-85770392879858663802009-05-01T11:03:00.000-04:002009-05-01T11:03:00.000-04:00well said buckeye, keep writing about what you wan...well said buckeye, keep writing about what you want, if im not interested, then i just click the little "x" in the upper right corner of the window...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-67532330003880528142009-05-01T10:54:00.000-04:002009-05-01T10:54:00.000-04:00Anon-
I appreciate your stance. Buckeye Surgeon w...Anon-<br />I appreciate your stance. Buckeye Surgeon will always remain primarily a medically oriented blog. But I just passed the two year mark doing this and a large reason why I've been able to maintain it (with increased content btw) is because I exercise the freedom to write about what I want. I will continue to do so. I don't put ads on this site. I don't care about hits and page views. This is my corner of the universe and as long as I feel the urge to put thoughts to paper (or cyberspace) I will continue to occasionally write about non-medical stuff. (I wrote a review on WALL-E, for godsake) The torture topic will run its course, like any other. But it's too important to led slip from our national consciousness as just another blip in the 24 hour news cycle.... <br /><br />Don't worry, I have a few med posts brewing...Jeffrey Parks MD FACShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15650563299849196122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-22345113491755892842009-05-01T10:44:00.000-04:002009-05-01T10:44:00.000-04:00...not to mention the cracking of Germany's Enigma......not to mention the cracking of Germany's <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_machine" REL="nofollow">Enigma</A> encryption system. <br /><br />Torture is hardly the sole source of military intel.HMShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17168620011502808236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-19406896011077243832009-05-01T10:37:00.000-04:002009-05-01T10:37:00.000-04:00Buckeye,
Look, we get it.
You don't like "Tor...Buckeye, <br /><br /><br />Look, we get it. <br /><br />You don't like "Torture" and I understand that the fact there were physicians on site while this was happening bothers you very much. <br /><br />I am not a Physician, so I can only imagine how this makes you feel. But please don't turn this blog into a torture blog, we really get this from everywhere at this point and up until now I have always been able to come here and enjoy you breaking down complex surgical procedures in plain English. <br /><br />I hope to never need a brilliant surgical intervention, although I know that if I did need one, I could get it done here in America by a brilliant surgeon such as yourself that not only loves your job, you love doing it well. <br /><br />So I ask, beg, really, let this be your last post on what happened unless something drastically new comes up.<br /><br />I can't speak for everyone here, but I know I miss the "Happy Buckeye" who told us stories we could relate to and give us hope there were still some surgeons left in the USA who were happy and even looked forward to being a General Surgeon.<br /><br />Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com