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Primum Non Nocere (First, Do No Harm)
Fresh thoughts don't love a haughty place
much as plants prefer fertile dirt
for growth expansion into space
and not a venue of more hurt
like what austerity provides
in old tough love die hard disguise
stabbing like knives at marching ides
or boasting brazen at demise
when austerity strips away
all pretense of love in its hate
with..."go ahead and make my day"...
proving itself as not so great
since greatness must encourage growth,
as known by Hippocratic oath!
much as plants prefer fertile dirt
for growth expansion into space
and not a venue of more hurt
like what austerity provides
in old tough love die hard disguise
stabbing like knives at marching ides
or boasting brazen at demise
when austerity strips away
all pretense of love in its hate
with..."go ahead and make my day"...
proving itself as not so great
since greatness must encourage growth,
as known by Hippocratic oath!
Published 10th Dec 2024
Author's Note
Extend the "do no harm" logic into politics and you don't arrive at conservatism.
Conservatism is mental and social poison.
Conservatism is mental and social poison.
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11th Dec 2024 3:46am
11th Dec 2024 7:33am
I reviewed the Hippocratic oath and wondered why that isn't public policy forever.
tough old love .. the diehard love .. this the truth of it all..lied & pretense cannot be the basis of any bond or government in that case or watever the context.. truth absolute is ever one . only One. all others die a deathful die .. Poet you inspire by your written truth .. I sync totally in this xx
11th Dec 2024 7:37am
It always seemed to me that "tough love" and "discipline" were often used as euphemisms for cruelty and punishment.
The red flags are in how people say what they say.
The red flags are in how people say what they say.
14th Dec 2024 7:25pm
There's gotta me a moral compass/work ethic toward humanity and kindness so that when these people take public office they need to be held to that standard. If these were minimum wage jobs, how many of them would take it? There is a dark side to capitalism and it's ugly.
14th Dec 2024 10:08pm
I definitely think we ought to extend Hippocratic ethics into every corner of society.
Good enough for Doctors then it oughta be good enough for the rest of us.
Good enough for Doctors then it oughta be good enough for the rest of us.
