I was ribbing you a smidge about your ‘Crush’ – the dangerous disruptive nature to be found in the ubiquitous 2nd year
‘adorable smile’…!

I’m older than you. My SO for the last 14 years a vascular surgeon.

FYI- I am one of a few original blog ‘turlees’ and precede the skeleton crew you observe ‘chatting’ daily, currently.

My education and background is Law and Medicine in Maine, and Boston ie HMS (Harvard Medical School)

mespo practices Litigation, Michael Spindell was a Prediatric Social Worker for NY State before he retired. Rafflaw, I believe, has a general law practice. I dunno what Jill does. Gyges plays in an orchestra. binx101 is some big ass former air line exec. Bob Esq. usually just ticks me off…

As to lawyers, generally, unless they are close personal friends, I couldn’t agree less with your comment.

I managed lawyers and others in offices in four states, singularly, also negotiated settlements personally, and also engaged in adversarial processes with plaintiff attorneys as a part of one of my jobs.

While I’ve also dated several lawyers, I also married one
- once.

I trade ‘latitude’ toward lawyers for attitude almost any chance I get!

I dislike stories about people abusing animals resulting
in harm or death, almost more than I dislike stories about people who get themselves maimed or killed because they and/or others do not respect animals and/or their habitat.

Animals can’t speak for themselves.

These Indians practicing religious sacrifices and rituals are ignorant of science and biological triggers. They never heard of Pavlov, I’m sure…

The POs in FL who killed he alligator? Inexcusable – also no latitude from me – none!

I’m not sure I understand what part of the Jcaho stuff pertains to this discussion. I did talk about maintaining a compassionate and professional demeanor. And you did talk about your own inappropriate jocularity.

Facing daily tragedy is tough enough, but when the tragedy is preventable it’s worse. Then you have the people that almost dare tragedy to happen, like in this story. The frustration has to go somewhere.

Obviously, I’m not advocating that people involved in patient care take a “gomer” attitude. That wouldn’t last a second at UWH.

But lawyers? I give them a lot of latitude. This is law, not patient care. One of my favorite laws is the law of common sense which tells me, and apparently a lot of other people, not to get into a pond with flesh-eating animals.

http://www.jointcommission.org/SentinelEvents/SentinelEventAlert/sea_40.htm

Issue 40, July 9, 2008

‘Behaviors that undermine a culture of safety’

Count me in on that too!

Josh,

I think those are great points. We have animal/human sacrifice as important aspects in the religions of the book as well. God demands Abraham to sacrifice his son and he’s willing to go through with it. In christianity god asks Jesus to sacrifice himself for everyone’s sins. We are used to hearing these things so I don’t think we notice how very strange these demands for the death of an animal–human or otherwise, are. Why would any god either need or demand these sacrifices? If such a god exists, why should we go along with these demands?

If he has any money, I claim him as a relative.

JT

People cannot seem to consider the idea of a God, or spirituality, without having someone else laying it all out for them, complete with words to say, zany rituals and some really funny hats.

Aren’t these obvious questions with obvious answers, or am I too cynical?

It is a striking contrast to the logic that comes from spiritual gurus like Depak Chopra and Dr Wayne Dyer, and those who practice the dogmatic rituals of archaic religions.

And I’m with JT. (not that that fact pleases him, lol) I have very little sympathy for a government that tolerates, and likely perpetuates, such archaic rituals as tossing live animals into a pool of hungry crocidiles.

This is animal sacrifice, something that should be globably banned.

And letting their people climb in with them?

Downright stupid.

Course… on the upside, guess the croc did help the guy find God.

Are you kidding me??

It’s one thing to drain the swamp to try and get rid of the mosquitoes; it’s quite another to assume the crocodiles will love and bless you for it.

People like the one in this post are prime candidates for the Darwin Award– Honoring those who improve the species…by accidentally removing themselves from it.

http://www.darwinawards.com/

Before dinner.

After all, this story sounds like a crock.

There are lots of times, in my field, if we are not inappropriately jocular in our exchanges, we would just CRY – all the time.

I do ‘get it’.

However, I always perceive our moments as ‘private’, professionally, and fairly well asured they will never reach beyond our walls.

If you only knew…and you might, since your’ bro is an ER doc!
My father, before me, was, as well.

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Believe me, ‘the turkey’s’ already know who they are – gobble gobble…

I am very sorry if I have been too glib in this posting. I must confess that I have no sympathy for people who throw animals to crocodiles and bath in their ponds. Moreover, I have nothing but contempt for a government that allows such displays to occur. I do not like the inclusion of animals in golf courses and other public sites for the same reason. Nevertheless, we are often a bit macabre in our humor on this site and I am the most to blame. I understand your point and I hope that you will forgive some of us if we occasionally stray across the line. I have always enjoyed your comments, which are a steady and enriching part of this blog.

JT

Just to start, if you all knew half as much as I know about animal behavior, animal habitat, and the environment you would be much more circumspect.