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In reply to the discussion: Belgian physician refuses to treat Jewish patient over Gaza op [View all]LeftishBrit
(41,205 posts)Good grief.
'I have an absolute right to be outraged that my tax dollars are supporting massacres such as this.'
Nobody said you didn't have that right.
I support Israel's existence and detest Hamas; but I am TOTALLY against Israel's present actions, and think America, as holder of the purse-strings, needs to take a much tougher line than it has so far.
But what right has a doctor in Europe to punish someone just for being Jewish? Collective punishment is utterly wrong, whether by Israelis against all Palestinians;Europaeans and Americans against Muslims; or Europaeans and Americans against Jews.
What would you say of an Israeli doctor who refused to treat Palestinians; or an American doctor who refused to treat Muslims?
'Humans are all by nature isolationists, and scared of " others".
It is our socialization that can broaden us.'
Possibly - but a doctor should have this socialization, or not be a doctor!