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Your attitude towards Americans is amazing. A fascinating and engaging essay of thousands of words, focussing specifically on the remarkable recovery of one pa
by JackFr 11y ago
Your attitude towards Americans is amazing. A fascinating and engaging essay of thousands of words, focussing specifically on the remarkable recovery of one patient from a traumatic brain injury, is basically a jumping off point for you to lecture Americans.
Further, the basis for your generalization is off base. There was no seat belt sermon, because that is not what the story was about. He didn't include a three paragraph moralizing preamble about seat belts, not because stupid American attitudes, but rather because he's a good writer. That essay could be written, and you might have enjoyed it more, but it was not the article he was writing.
- Mithaldu 11y agoHe did spend half a paragraph propping up the character of that patient on an emotional pedestal for the reader instead of saying something like: "Dylan was a typical kid with some good sides, who ended up making a completely preventable mistake. Let's see where modern medicine got him despite of that." There's indeed no need for a sermon, but acknowledging mistakes to be what they are is definitely called for. And i continuously, in articles about belt-less accidents see a lack of that happening. And in the comments of articles i continuously see people think it completely fine to not wear belts. If that kind of attitude is not something worth commenting on then i don't know what is.