Should diseases named after Nazi scientists/physicians be renamed?
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Rename, they were HP		  
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« on: October 26, 2017, 05:06:01 PM »
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_medical_eponyms_with_Nazi_associations

Should they be renamed or should their name stay to give them credit for the discover?
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« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2017, 05:15:42 PM »
On the one hand, it's legitimately fitting in the sense that fascism and Nazism are a disease. On the other, to paraphrase Johnny Cash, don't mention their names and their names will pass on.

So, strike them from history. Let Nazis have no legacy at all. Let them fall into oblivion.
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« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2017, 05:30:30 PM »
Keep since many of the names are so common it would cost a lot of time and money to rename them. Plus it's DISEASES, not buildings or towns or statues. Noone likes diseases.
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« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2017, 05:32:45 PM »
Hans Asperger was a Nazi?!
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« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2017, 05:42:27 PM »

Yikes.

But Aspergers isn't a disease, so I don't know.  It's not something that deserves to be associated with Nazis, but renaming things can be tricky.
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« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2017, 05:45:45 PM »
This is a silly idea. Lol.
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