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I expect your girl is sharp enough to know what not to say. It doesn't hurt to remind her now and then that the government is not there to help us and that, unfortunately, teachers and doctors these days are more likely to favor the state than you. The questions themselves tell you where their loyalty lies.

As I said before; if their loyalty lies with the state they are not doctors they are merely technicians. Regardless of what degrees they hold or what modalities they are skilled in. Being a doctor is not just about knowledge and skill. Medicine is called an art for a reason. The healing arts require a mindset epitomized by the old hippocratic oath which is no longer a part of most curriculums and thus not a part of their practice. A real doctor is a real healer and a healer has no loyalty other than to the patient and the practice.

I really POed a 'doctor' on FR some time back. He was spouting some silly PC nonsense about medicine, I forget the specifics now, and I flat told him he was no doctor he was only a technician. I meant it and I drove the point in as hard as I could. I knew a real doctor for the first 30 years of my life. I know the difference and the contrast is stark and undeniable.