posted October 30, 2023 07:36 PM            

Unfortunately, right after birth and she was drugged unconscious, her husband was prodded to "be the man" and make the decision (rather than letting his wife be the boss, manipulating his fragile ego than even pretending it was about what was in the best interest of the infant) and had him sign for the circumcision. That was the beginning of the end of their marriage. (That nurse was a Scorpio, the evolved kind, and by the old school definitions of astrology, you do not hurt their children, not even the husband gets a pass on that.)

I see it as more about money than anything, but there is a surprisingly strong anti-sex element (male and female--though with notable exceptions, females have escaped this particular practice as it was not promoted for females by the Bible, so doctors and such weren't already collecting money for it when the medical profession changed to a presumably less religious form of practice in predominantly Christian territory) that permeates all of society, even where I'd think it would be absent and yet as puritanical as the Victorian surface image (as long as you didn't scratch it to see the sordid reality beneath it, though I suppose in some cases today, it's more like it seems sexually free, at least sordid, on the surface until you scratch it to find the Victorian puritanism regarding sex just under the surface, perhaps even outdoing the fantasy Victorian ideals).

Also, after a lifetime of experience, I'm not one to automatically assume doctors and such are great humanitarians, and thus that they don't care how much suffering they inflict as long as they get paid (to an extent this is imposed on them, let alone the shameless advertising for prescription drugs marketed directly to the public through advertisement in the USA).

I'd say it was only against those on welfare (where drugs no better than over the counter, or even removed elsewhere for being carcinogenic, are somehow still prescribed to them) but the wealthy get hit with it as well, from sordid cosmetic surgeries (that includes men as well as women) that are dangerous and with horrible side effects to the opioid crisis we have now. And also dirty tricks like $40 for a disposable cup of water.

My favorite reaction was when one hospital tried to force a patient to pay her outrageous bill yet again, including late fees along with "clerical fees" for having to send a "reminder" to her. But she kept her receipts (because she knew better than to trust any business) and sent copies of it to them, along with a billing fee for having to find and mail it to them in the same manner they tried to scam her. The hospital ignored her after that.