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Sat Apr 21 18:14:38 BST 2007

I am saddened by our polarizations on instruments that can harm our 
fellowmen and fellow women.  Most of us belong to a religious group, ethical 
oversight, or moral persuasion which places value on a higher power, on 
faith, and on the value of individual humans.  We are in medicine because we 
want to help people, however trite a phrase that may be.   Guns, knives, 
bombs, poisons, and all sorts of harmful drugs, devices, and instruments are 
being used in the name of religion, government, tribal, sectarian, and 
personal identity and protection.   We the medical community must take care 
of these life style, societal, and violence problems.   Yes, it is proper 
that we have our own values, but do we have root responsibility?   Is there 
a global root cause that causes us to have a need to have these hateful and 
angry discussions?

Mohammed al Malik

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