For the argumentative paper I'll be writing over now until the winter is about how militant talk is used carelessly towards cancer patients and their families.
For example, "they fought the brave fight", or "the battle rages on" comparing itself to the struggle of cancer patients.
This "militant talk" is so widely used that people think that it's a minor detail to be overlooked.
However, not all of the world are cancer patients or their relatives, are they?
Indeed not. Being a member of a cancer victim's family, my own dad, I can personally say that this "militant talk" drives me insane.
What does it say about a person who passes away from this illness? Does this say they lost the battle?
That they went down in the fight?
First of all, the whole "war" idea is completely incorrect in regards to the actual illness. And second of all, why on earth would someone toss those phrases around without even thinking how it effects the patients and families?
In reality, everyone has cancer cells in their body, however only some actually have it become something so much worse.
David Servan-Schreiber, the author of Anti-Cancer, clarifies this point for everyone to find a common ground, so to say.
This banishes any excuse of negligence.
It's time for a mere habit to take a backseat to common sense.
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