Freethinker: : one that forms opinions on the basis of reason independently of authority; especially : one who doubts or denies religious dogma
By all means let's be open-minded,
but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.Richard Dawkins, in "Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder,"
My Dr. is Syrian, but I'd only expected trouble if he rolled his llallas too much in the back of his throat. {sigh} Oh well. He hasn't given me any prescriptions for Nitrogen supplements or blasting caps, so I ain't gonna worry 'bout it.
michael, I have almost been killed off via incompetence and neglect by white, Anglo-Saxon, doctors whose families have been here for generations.
My doctor now is of Indian heritage, but has no accent at all and has been one of the best doctors I have had of all the doctors I have been to in my fifty + years.
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My Dr. is Syrian, but I'd only expected trouble if he rolled his llallas too much in the back of his throat. {sigh} Oh well. He hasn't given me any prescriptions for Nitrogen supplements or blasting caps, so I ain't gonna worry 'bout it.
ReplyDeletemichael, I have almost been killed off via incompetence and neglect by white, Anglo-Saxon, doctors whose families have been here for generations.
ReplyDeleteMy doctor now is of Indian heritage, but has no accent at all and has been one of the best doctors I have had of all the doctors I have been to in my fifty + years.