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12-11-2011, 06:50 PM | #1 |
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"Over the years, especially in writing for the general public, as opposed to my professional peers, I have been struck repeatedly by the frequency with which certain conclusions or even entire classes of conclusions elicit not merely skepticism, but angry denunciation. Again and again, I have been called a fool, a traitor, or an America-hater because of my commentaries on history and public affairs. Although I take no pleasure in these denunciations, I find myself not so much depressed by them as curious about them. I wonder why people react as they do, especially when my commentary rests – as I hope it generally does – on well-documented facts and correct logic...." Read more at http://lewrockwell.com/higgs/higgs179.html |
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12-11-2011, 10:07 PM | #6 |
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12-11-2011, 10:13 PM | #7 |
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And witch, WITCH!...
The other side of the suppression of witches as healers was the creation of a new male medical profession, under the protection and patronage of the ruling classes. This new European medical profession played an important role in the witch-hunts, supporting the witches' persecutors with "medical" reasoning: .... Because the Medieval Church, with the support of kings, princes and secular authorities, controlled medical education and practice, the Inquisition [witch-hunts ] constitutes, among other things, an early instance of the "professional" repudiating the skills and interfering with the rights of the "nonprofessional" to minister to the poor. (Thomas Szasz, The Manufacture of Madness) Source: |
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12-11-2011, 10:21 PM | #8 |
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12-12-2011, 01:59 AM | #13 |
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