tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post3481182842718456839..comments2024-03-03T13:55:46.243-08:00Comments on Ambling Along the Aqueduct: In the Name of Science, Part 2Timmi Duchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00673465487533328661noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-66560350911748397292010-10-05T15:29:55.024-07:002010-10-05T15:29:55.024-07:00It just makes me think of Animal Farm: "All a...It just makes me think of <i>Animal Farm</i>: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." <br /><br />But it still boggles my mind that doctors -- particularly in the post-WWII period -- could actually infect a person with a serious illness, even if they had convinced themselves that these human beings were in some way lesser beings. <br /><br />I am also horrified by the sterilizations of those deemed mentally disabled -- another example of medical abuse -- but I can at least see how doctors who did that could convince themselves they were doing the right thing. In the case of the Guatemalan program, I don't see how they could live with themselves. <br /><br />Some of those doctors must still be alive; I hope someone interviews them and asks them this question.Nancy Jane Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030267999537291250noreply@blogger.com