Not only was this man's refusal to voluntarily move an act of nonviolent resistance, it can be argued to be ethically mandated.
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There is a competing ethical framework that tells you to obey authority no matter what. This is weaker but it's extremely prevalent.
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The doctor chose his professional and moral code over the vision of American perfection. This may seem small but has big historical roots.
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Physicians in Nazi Germany chose the vision of the Reich over duty to patients. They chose the State over Do No Harm.
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So when a doctor chooses Do No Harm over the State, that is a not small thing.
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You can be a proud patriot and not be beholden to defend the state over other matters. That is central to our modern world.
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I don't buy the professional obligation argument. I'm a doctor: if I can't get to work, I have contingencies for patients to be cared for
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Partners or colleagues cross cover. doctors get sick, flights get cancelled. That's professionalism, not insisting you get to fly bc MD
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More to the point, nobody should be beaten for insisting on their right to travel in the seat they paid for, regardless of profession.
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That point is getting lost-u r in yr paid-for seat, u hv a right not 2 be forcefully pulled off no matter your profession or reason 4 travel
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it's the airline's duty to own the screw-up, and pay what the market will bear until it's enough incentive for someone to accept the bump.
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More than a screw up,it's a fundamental flaw of how powerful ppl see POC & use police to inflict damage. "Randomly chosen" Asian man, right.
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Oh, just wanna be clear that I'm not calling the obvs act of assault a screw-up; overbooking when needing to fly employees is a screw-up.
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Everything else is at least as bad as it appears if not worse.
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Some people might say the MD should have had a back-up for his patients. That's not always possible. I would never assume such a thing!
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The thing that most people forget is he could be the contingency backup for the patients, which is why he was flying back. Patients first
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Realistically doctor, while emergencies happen and responsible professional plan ahead, they had only offered 800 dollars, not max. Then 50!
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