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Category: Miscellany
Posted on: September 10, 2007 10:24 AM, by Signout
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Good one. Several years ago, I heard a neurologist giving a presentation comment that "The old saying about neurology is that we don't treat diseases, we merely admire them." Love that self-deprecating medical humor.
Posted by: BG | September 11, 2007 8:57 AM
Wow, I hope that wasn't just a synopsis of the text. *installs plastic bubble*
Posted by: Heather | September 14, 2007 5:18 PM
I think people differ greatly on this issue. For example, if it were completely unidentifiable as my own, I would have no problem with a picture of my naked ass being posted on the Internet. Others would be absolutely horrified by the prospect.
Posted by: film izle | October 16, 2010 2:11 PM
Signout reader named Benjamin Langer, who himself has a very nice critical piece on intelligent design in the current edition of SCQ.
Posted by: islam | October 16, 2010 2:45 PM
Tesekkurler...Actually, the only person in danger of being silenced was you, yourself, for making a dumb threat on the internet. You told me personally several times to "shut up and listen," but like I said, I don't take orders from random anonymous people on the internet.
Posted by: Dini Sohbet | January 29, 2011 7:43 AM