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He did spend half a paragraph propping up the character of that patient on an emotional pedestal for the reader instead of saying something like:

"Dylan was a typical kid with some good sides, who ended up making a completely preventable mistake. Let's see where modern medicine got him despite of that."

There's indeed no need for a sermon, but acknowledging mistakes to be what they are is definitely called for.

And i continuously, in articles about belt-less accidents see a lack of that happening. And in the comments of articles i continuously see people think it completely fine to not wear belts. If that kind of attitude is not something worth commenting on then i don't know what is.



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