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'Doctor arrested for allegedly abusing four young children'
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Awful people, who do awful things, come in all professions...
Besides, this certainly isn't the first time we've heard of a doctor doing something that would seem to egregiously contradict their oath #Mengele
http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-evil-doctors.php
Comparing Nazis and pedophiles is about as useful as comparing American slavery and the Holocaust. In your parlance, #useless. Badness needs no analogy.
I don't think there is any utility in the comparison of suffering...which is why I didn't make a comparison. Instead, I suggested that this wasn't the first or last time that someone who was a member of the medical profession (which seemed to be the grievance here as abuse by any adult entrusted with the care of child is certainly egregious) might commit such a heinous act. This is also why there is a link to other heinous doctors throughout history. The man, to whom the OP drew our attention, is unfortunately in good company.
Joseph Mengele was a Nazi but he was also a man. And it could be reasonably speculated that the specificity of he atrocities he committed resulted from not only opportunity but also from who he was as a person. I think to simply blame (conflate) his actions with Nazism is a bit shortsighted.
But I appreciate the earnestness of your chide.
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