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Tue Jan 10 23:50:34 GMT 2012

I've always found those to be rather questionable motivations.  It really
depends on where you stand as to what those words imply. A lot of truly
evil acts have been carried out in the name of "justice" and "patriotism".

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Gross, Ronald <
Ronald.Gross at baystatehealth.org> wrote:

> Rob,
> Doesn't this speak to ALL who have ever gone to war for a cause that was
> called "justice" and a notion that was called "patriotism".
> Ron
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 10, 2012, at 2:39 PM, "Robert Smith" <rfsmithmd at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > I never knew that was the origin of "slipped the surly bonds of earth".
> It brought to my mind the poem by Yeats, though they are not too similar in
> tone:
> >
> > An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
> >
> > I know that I shall meet my fate
> > Somewhere among the clouds above;
> > Those that I fight I do not hate,
> > Those that I guard I do not love;
> > My country is Kiltartan Cross,
> > My countrymen Kiltartan's poor,
> > No likely end could bring them loss
> > Or leave them happier than before.
> > Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,
> > Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,
> > A lonely impulse of delight
> > Drove to this tumult in the clouds;
> > I balanced all, brought all to mind,
> > The years to come seemed waste of breath,
> > A waste of breath the years behind
> > In balance with this life, this death.
> >
> >                                    William Butler Yeats
> >
> > On Jan 3, 2012, at 2:42 PM, Blueflightmedic wrote:
> >
> >> This is called High Flight, and was written by a young US pilot in 1941.
> >>
> >> Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
> >> And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
> >> Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
> >> Of sun-split clouds, - and done a hundred things
> >> You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung
> >> High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
> >> I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
> >> My eager craft through footless halls of air. . . .
> >>
> >> Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
> >> I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
> >> Where never lark, or ever eagle flew -
> >> And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
> >> The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
> >> Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
> >>
> >> - John Gillespie Magee, Jr
> >>
> >> The story is worth reading:
> >>
> >> http://www.skygod.com/quotes/highflight.html
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org [mailto:
> trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org]
> >> On Behalf Of KMATTOX at aol.com
> >> Sent: 27 December 2011 23:33
> >> To: trauma-list at trauma.org
> >> Subject: Helicopter crash involving medical friends
> >>
> >>
> >> Over the years much discussion has occurred on this and other web
>  sites,
> >> and in many journals regarding air transportation for medical, and
> >> emergency
> >> medical operations.    Military medical use of air  evacuation and
> >> transportation is probably totally different than civilian air
>  ambulance
> >> use.
> >>
> >> The latest and tragic loss of life, including two  medical  personnel
> is no
> >> less sad and painful than any pervious sudden loss of life  of  medical
> >> colleagues.
> >>
> >> This crash was somewhat different from EMS crashes, in that this  was  a
> >> organ donor recovery team from Mayo Clinic,  and  they  were being
> flown in
> >>
> >> to fly out  immediately with the organs in order  to attempt to  save
> other
> >> lives back in   Minnesota.
> >>
> >> As tragic as this is, it also begs the issue  about the   way we recover
> >> donor organs.   Not only is it very complex, it   is  perhaps
> excessively
> >> expensive and demanding on   personnel.   There must be  a better   way.
> >>
> >>
> >> Our condolences go out to all the family and  friends  of  those who
>  died.
> >>
> >>
> >> Kenneth L. Mattox,  MD
> >> Houston
> >>
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