Twomz wrote:First, can you give a specific definition of "barefoot doc"?
ok, that's all I need to hear. You're not paying attention.
Hop Shui wrote:You'd think everyone would sleep tight after such a violent class struggle, but it seems that quite a few people were up.
We awoke to find the cold, stiff body of thedocsalive, with a bizarre bluish hue. Upon investigation, we found that the night before, thedocsalive complained of a slight fever, andwas seen by a barefoot doctor. Real doctors were intellectuals and were pleagued by severe class problems that often resulted in their being emprisoned or sent down for harsh manual labor on the countryside.Barefoot doctors, being politically pure peasants give a few months of training in hygiene but mostly indoctrination with Mao Zedong Thought as a healing principle, were to replace them.This barefoot doctor misdiagnosed thedocsalive's fever, gave the wrong medicine, and the patient died. The patient was but a poor peasant.
RIP the docsalive, Peasant.Working tirelessly for the "People."
I asked if he was....Tamuz wrote:Did viper actually claim to be the barefoot doctor.
I thought he just said doctor and BJ was the one to jump to the idea of him being a barefoot doctor. I have no idea what that would say. but if my memory serves to be correct we do need to rethink...
Could easily be considered a Maoist due to that little line.Hop Shui wrote:You'd think everyone would sleep tight after such a violent class struggle, but it seems that quite a few people were up.
We awoke to find the cold, stiff body of thedocsalive, with a bizarre bluish hue. Upon investigation, we found that the night before, thedocsalive complained of a slight fever, and was seen by a barefoot doctor. Real doctors were intellectuals and were pleagued by severe class problems that often resulted in their being emprisoned or sent down for harsh manual labor on the countryside. Barefoot doctors, being politically pure peasants give a few months of training in hygiene but mostlyindoctrination with Mao Zedong Thought as a healing principle, were to replace them. This barefoot doctor misdiagnosed thedocsalive's fever, gave the wrong medicine, and the patient died. The patient was but a poor peasant.
Don't worry... I have a pillow...chamber wrote:Your ass must hurt, with all the fence sitting you do that is.Twomz wrote:True... we can't just assume that he's town just because he's an ineffective doc.