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I'm willing to bet that if the skin weren't from a random hospital patient but instead of one of France's ex-colonies' subjects, the move to remove this binding
by mc32 3y ago
I'm willing to bet that if the skin weren't from a random hospital patient but instead of one of France's ex-colonies' subjects, the move to remove this binding from the book would be met more positively --but because it's an anonymous patient, they can't connect to, it's more acceptable.
- isodev 3y agoNumerous Holocaust museums and memorials are scattered across Europe, including former concentration camps, where high school students and adults visit to remember—and hopefully never forget—the lessons humanity learned during that period. It's a soul-crushing experience that offers both small and large lessons, which should suffice to help people distinguish between right and wrong (and dispel any doubt that the book binding should be removed). Even for those who have never visited any of these sites, probably every corner of the world has had its share of historical lessons that (should) reinforce this understanding.
- mc32 3y agoAren't you implicitly acknowledging this is violent in some way? Of course not at the level you're brining up, but given the comparison, it would seem you're implying some wrong where keeping this is a reminder of the wrong done to an anonymous patient by a doctor?
- isodev 3y agoI think we can have the reminder without the binding actually hanging there? I don't know if was violent, it's not what I was trying to imply. In my mind it resonates with "this was a person and someone decided to use them for decoration". Knowing this happened is enough to take the appropriate action, there is no harm in documenting all this, of course.