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"A former soldier cut off two of his gangrene-ridden toes with a pair of tin metal pliers without anesthetic in his living room after becoming frustrated at a six-week delay to being operated on by the National Health Service (NHS)."
[...] "He says he eventually developed gangrene and his doctor said his infected toes would have to be removed. Rather than wait six weeks for the operation, Dibbins took matters into his own hands.
He says the operation, performed without pain killers and in his living room while biting on a rolled up towel, took about an hour. His wife of 40 years was in the house but says she did not want to look.
“Knowing that it would take at least another six weeks to get me in front of a surgeon again, that’s when I bit the bullet and cut off the toes,” Dibbins told the North Devon Journal.
“I did it because it’s what had to be done. My doctor told me my toes were going to kill me."
https://www.rt.com/uk/364152-gangrene-frostbite-toes-cut/
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 30 2016, @12:34AM
Only a few years ago people called me crazy for saying that the NSA is spying on everybody,
No they weren't. When Snowden came out with his revelations my reaction was that that was just confirming what any reasonably intelligent person would've assumed was happening already.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday October 30 2016, @12:49AM
Yes, you and I are intelligent enlightened people, I get that. Recall one of Frank Zappa's most famous comments: There are two things that are universal: Hydrogen and stupidity.
But you'd be surprised how many government bootlickers are amongst us. A girl I dated awhile back actually said verbatim, "Well, if the NSA is spying on everybody, good, because they catch bad guys."
Yeeeeahhhhhh...no. If something like 9/11 happens on your soil, then it didn't work or those folks are crooked.
I work for Boston Dynamics, which was acquired by Google, and I can tell you firsthand that people can be simultaneously booksmart and life-stupid.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 30 2016, @01:18AM
I also saw all kinds of people dismissing mass surveillance as a mere conspiracy theory before Snowden blew the whistle. And then there are the bootlickers you mention, who actually applaud the unconstitutional democracy-destroying surveillance. I don't see why it would be hard for someone to believe that either group exists.
Yeeeeahhhhhh...no. If something like 9/11 happens on your soil, then it didn't work or those folks are crooked.
Not only that, but even if the unconstitutional mass surveillance did increase security, our freedom and our Constitution are more important than security.