Like Mark Twain, sort of, I may not want some sods killed, but their obituaries would put a smile on their face
Their
is a hell of a difference between that and a "death threat", and we are but Human.
And I don't see why anyone would threaten a genuine researcher just because they got a "negative", that's how Science works, but I do understand this illness and the
utter crap we get can drive folk cuckoo in the end!
And I'm not talking ala "
rid me of that meddlesome priest", either. Some folk "who may not be mentioned" are sure as heck not Thomas A' Beckett!
This IS the way things are, to an extent.
Science is not some "
perfect being of altruistic honesty", to some extent it's a load of dirty crap, where egos, tenure, pensions, demands to be published, profit etc can corrupt things. This has been proven repeatedly for last 150 years, but in recent years, most especially in pharmaceuticals.
most researchers are honest, but people...are people.
And from experience, like it or not, it seems that the majority of doctors in the UK,
suck.
Good docs are worth their weight in gold
But the arrogant, incompetent, abusive or worse ones are far too common :/
Also as I like to quote:
If you prick us, do we not bleed?
If you tickle us, do we not laugh?
If you poison us, do we not die?
And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?
We
have been screwed over by those in power, those who should have helped us, and thus our loathing and scorn against some are
earned.
The Medical profession is not merely Victorian, it is bloody well Medieval in how it operates (and that can be shown). There's a vast difference between being a "physician", and how the "official professional group/culture" acts.
How many voices were raised in concert, in Public, against the crap that the B.M.A. "old guard" has allowed over the years, hm?
Sigh :/
