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So all doctors make light of bad situations,is that what you are saying?
Do they make jokes about cancer victims & victims of gun shot wounds?
Some have referred to cigs as "coffin nails." I guess that is sort of a joke about cancer and cigs.
I don't think the point is to laugh at the victim as much as warn the living through humor, albeit black humor.
Doctors and lawyers use humour to deal with the tragedy that confronts them daily. Shirley, G-man, you've heard a PI lawyer or corporate defense counsel refer to a burn case as 'crispy critters'? Medical people do the same. The people who pick up the pieces need a release from the stress of doing their jobs.
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