reparations & exploitation

[kelley]

At 01:17 PM 3/12/01 -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
>kelley wrote:
>
>>calling it combat pay is simply reproducing the very prejudices that make 
>>it combat pay in the first place.  the lack of physicians in rural areas 
>>has everything to do with prestige, status, biases reinforced in medical 
>>training, etc. .  as just one example.
>
>Don't forget the idiocy of rural life!
>
>Doug

idiote, in the greek sense--that is what i've always argued!  but i don't 
really know and  i've been meaning to ask for three years now.  those more 
familiar with german -- has it been the case that his term here was 
translated badly.  i'm guessing others have had this conversation before.

kelley