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Political Prescriptions
“Politicians ‘feel our pain’ much in the same way surgeons feel our scars: in a sterile, clinical manner, and always from the blunt end of the knife.”
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about 3 years ago
But wait…isn’t it somewhat more painful and a lot more likely to become infected – a blunt knife wound that is?
about 3 years ago
Yes, blunt knives are more painful – but I can guarantee that the end the surgeon holds is even blunter than the one he cuts with,.
Same holds true for the mugger.