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marble falls

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5. Having had my first nasal tube (to drain fluid in my gastro-tract) after my last surgery,...

Reply to bronxiteforever (Original post)

Fri Aug 30, 2019, 11:30 AM

Aug 2019

I am qualified to say, especially because I was co-operating with my procedure, forced feeding by nasal tube is all about torture. Its used not humanely or in an humanitarian process. Its used to modify a behavior to bring about an outcome not in the victims choice or benefit. Its used to manifest an authority's will in the guise of a medical intervention.

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Revealed: man force-fed in Ice custody at risk due to 'substandard care' says doctor [View all] bronxiteforever Aug 2019 OP

Maybe it's because of the torrent of horrors nolabear Aug 2019 #1

+1 I had not heard about this either until I read this. bronxiteforever Aug 2019 #3

Brutal. Cruel. Unpardonable. Newest Reality Aug 2019 #2

+1 Asylum seekers are being treated like this! bronxiteforever Aug 2019 #4

Having had my first nasal tube (to drain fluid in my gastro-tract) after my last surgery,... marble falls Aug 2019 #5

+1 I do hope you are well now. bronxiteforever Aug 2019 #6