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Research Christmas 2014: Going to Extremes

The Darwin Awards: sex differences in idiotic behaviour

BMJ 2014; 349 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g7094 (Published 11 December 2014) Cite this as: BMJ 2014;349:g7094

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Bravo! The medical ethic of ambivalence to stupid patients should be given priority in these dark days of NHS cutbacks. It is so exciting to pause and wonder if Human hygiene will no longer be considered a dirty Nazi term. It is titivating to dare believe that the moral validity of Human hygiene is rising from the ashes of mediocracy to take its rightful place as the preeminent moral philosophy of the 21st. Century. Human hygiene is indeed the answer to so many of the problems facing mankind today!

Ok! You nearly got me! ..........but I get it....the moralist is a bore and the artful satirist a valued dinner party guest.

A skilful satirist will inspire mankind to correct human vice and hypocrisy....and I admit you did get me up on my soap box for awhile. Apparently, I can be a bit naïve. However, if a satirist is inept or disingenuous , human vice and hypocrisy may become normalised.

Sincerely or possibly ironically,

The Iron Lady

Competing interests: No competing interests

11 January 2015
Alison E Burton
Medical doctor
GMC , BCAM, BMA
Kaskilankuja 3/1 Turku, 20540, F inland