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Love Requires Intelligence  Hate Doesn’t!  Earlier I wrote a post about social presence after witnessing the latest controversy surrounding a young medical student making disparaging comments about a cadaver and about her medical institution.  The same incident sparked reactions within the medical community at large. This included our medical class which is connected via a WhatsApp group. A couple of classmates brought up the subject. They favored strict action against the student. Many alumni as well as the union of resident doctors ( MARD) have demanded this student to be kicked out of college permanently.  We had a lot of group exchanges on the subject. For a while it seemed like I was the only one making the case that this was indeed a black sheep in the family. But her isolated comments or behavior does not discredit the entire institution. She should be allowed to feel sheepish about her behavior one day. Even hardened criminals are given second and third chanc...

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