Pedophile did you mean??

@of-the-mountain No, it IS actually spelled PAEDOPHILE since Pedophile literally means someone with a Foot fetish, i.e. Ped- meaning Foot whereas Paed- means child, etc.

@Triphid, @of-the-mountain UK, Australia, Canada and several other countries use “ae”instead of just an “e”following a “p” in words like paediatric.
For the record, podophobia is the fear of feet. Pedophile is the American spelling of Paedophile.

@Green_eyes Ah yes, American 'English,' BUT the term PED, meaning foot, comes from the LATIN meaning foot, .i.e. bi-pedal (two footed as we are), quadrupedal - having FOUR feet or paws, hoofs, etc.
'Pod' meaning foot, etc, is derive from the Greek BUT no-one gets a 'podicure' at a Beauty Salon, do they, they get a PEDicure, don't they?
The pedantry of Americanism, jingoism at its very best imho.

@Triphid there’s some of these little idiosyncrasies I’ve had to learn being a Canadian living in America. My biggest peeve was that they don’t use the metric system. I can’t have it all. I have bigger things to whine about these days.

@Green_eyes Yes I agree BUT American 'english' as opposed to actual English spelling is quite confusing and troublesome to those who have English as a second language, etc.
And every time I type something into my computer, even though I was born to parents whose ancestors were of English Descent, I get the word underlined because Microsoft Windows is 100% American English based and biased.

@Triphid absolutely, I have two keyboards on my phone. One Canadian English and the other American. I need to switch it up when texting my family.
You make some great points. My son was doing a project on his Surface Pro for school for Spanish and it was awkward with the accents. On my apple products, it’s so easy.

Previous but living, enjoying retirement with benefits

@Tiramisu Didn't know they could do that.

@Hathacat they can do anything with the power of our stupidity and money.

Hey, that's why he does the cross bit, it's to show the Sniper exactly were to put the crosshairs.....LOL.

Doctors don't cure you either .

@Cast1es
No one said they did!

@Cast1es At least Doctors actually employ their skills and knowledge to their utmost to try and heal which is far, far better than merely talking to the ceiling in my opinion.

@Triphid

If that were true then we would not have so many sick people wandering around!

Doctors are a business for the most part they never cure, just band aid the situation for max profit!

Yes! There are a few doctors who believe in what they do, a few!

@of-the-mountain Then would I be correct in assuming that you've had little do with Oncologists working in Hospitals dealing with Children suffering from Cancers, etc?
I spent many years working with Doctors in ALL forms and Fields of Medicine in Hospitals and out of them, and over 90%, imho, work bloody hard to help heal and cure their patients BUT there are those who, and I could name ONE in particular off-hand though who is definitely only in the job for the money but he is a G.P. btw.

@Triphid
Just how many of these suffering children were actually cured with no relapses?

The cost associated with this is hardy affordable by most in our society!

By the way I have watch my share who were given hope and then relapse into a slow painful death!

Do you live in an alternate reality compared to the rest of us!