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Fri Jul 28 02:40:31 BST 2006

A discussion list for politics and medicine already exists,
as an off-shoot of Dave (Fearless Leader) Crippen's
critical care medicine list.  It is available at:

http://www.ccm-l.org/mailman/listinfo/med-events

Sue

KMATTOX at aol.com wrote:

>My dear friends:   I have great respect for the culture and the  opinions of 
>everyone on this list server.   I so badly want you to  also hear my 
>editorials regarding the current issues around the world which have  caused us to be 
>glued to our television sets.   As humanitarians,  scientists, teachers, and 
>healers, we cannot but be linked to many of the news  stories relating to fires 
>in California, rains and floods in New England, Train  bombings in Mumbai, new 
>tsunami in Indonesia, volcano's in Ecuador, roadside  bombings in Iraq, 
>incursions into Lebanon, shelling of Israel, HIV infections in  sub Saharal Africa, 
>threats of bird flu, and many others.   Most of  these, most, if not all of us 
>can do nothing about.   We each have  opinions.   I have so wanted to comment 
>about information I have  learned from many of you.   I am concerned about 
>the civilians injured  in both Israel and Lebanon.   I am concerned about the 
>lack of medical  supplies, equipment, blood, and personnel in the areas where 
>injuries are  occurring.   I have strong opinions relating to local country  
>independence, and am concerned when others beside the population of an area are  
>imposing their religious, political, and dictatorial will on the  people.  I 
>also believe that each individual man and woman  has the right to find and to 
>pray to their God or gods.   I  am concerned that religious extremist in both 
>directions and in all  countries of the world are forcing their own ideas on 
>others, in the name  of their god.     I so badly want you to hear my views  on 
>these religious, political, and economic subjects.     HOWEVER.............
> 
>The extremes of the discussions on this list the past two days bother me  the 
>most.   We are healers, and we have similar approaches to the  injured and 
>ill.    In many ways if the world left it up to us,  we could find a peace and 
>coexistence which would be acceptable.   We  are bordering on hurting each 
>other by forcing our views on our closest  professional friends.   I suggest to us 
>that this is a dangerous  slippery slope.   I suggest that the list master 
>create a world  politics medical chat room in which these political discussions  
>will continue.   WE must be very careful to delete any posting  which we find 
>offensive, for the writer might have just been baiting the others  of us.   
>BE CAREFUL.     
> 
>I plead that we together do what we can do to remain together in our common  
>goals, and do not try to influence the political and religious will of the  
>others on this list.     It is our differences and diversity  within the house 
>of trauma that binds us and makes us strong, as we have mutual  respect.    The 
>current wave of discussion has the danger of  making us crazy.    Please stay 
>professionals of  conscience.   
> 
>Kenneth L. Mattox, M.D.   
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Sue Roundy, M.Ed., EMT-P (ret.)
President, High Sierra Resources
email:  suefire6 at charter.net  or  suencbrt at lsu.edu 
National Association of EMT's:  Secretary, Paramedic Division; 
     Liaison to International Association of Emergency Managers 
Past President, Nevada Emergency Medical Assoc.
President & Captain (ret.), Dayton (NV) Volunteer Fire Department 

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