Friday, February 25, 2011

Fake-notes-real-docs: was it civil disobedience

---as some have suggested? NO, says Dr. Rich:


These young doctors had no thought of risking their personal freedom, or anything else they hold dear, for a higher cause. They went forth to show their solidarity with The Cause, with every assurance that their actions were entirely consistent with the New Ethics of their profession. That for many Progressives they have become heroes confirms this conviction.
But the moment it occurred to them that not everybody agreed with what they were doing, or understood why they were doing it, or expressed that perhaps there should be repercussions, they had second thoughts. And they did not remain at their stations, bravely flaunting the law, Gandhi-like, until the authorities showed up to drag them away, but rather, once they understood that they might get into trouble, they hightailed it the hell out of there.


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