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As a nation, we British are obsessed with our gut function, largely because it has never been unhealthier. I spend large parts of my working day talking to patients about their bowel habits, and many of them want to talk about little else. There is also a deeper, more fundamental fascination with the digestive system; the colon is a national source of comedy that has kept us going through every crisis since the beginning of time. Shit is a crucial and ubiquitous word that serves as a noun, a verb and an adjective, propping up the entire English language. This wondrous word is both a profanity and a term used to denote an item of high quality, and it is liberally sprinkled into the daily chatter of our lives.The sense of revulsion we feel when were faced with human excrement or even just the thought of it is, in part, a response to the way it looks and smells. But that revulsion is also a psychological reflex, ingrained by potty training and social stigma. This aversion is an important safety mechanism: handwashing and sewer systems prevent the spread of diseases that have killed millions.But what if I told you that faeces was not toxic waste and that it contained the secret to human health Would you eat it, if your life depended on it What if it was rebranded as a faec stanley fr al microbiota transplant FMT or, m stanley canada ore accurately, a faecal milkshake given through a tube that passes through stanley cup website the nose into the stomach You could even take it in the form of a capsule 鈥?or crapsule 鈥?i Usxz Experience: a leech lived up my nose for a month
South Africa is one of Africa s most liberal outposts, while Kenya has a reputation for conservatism. But no society is static, least of all in Africa. And the recent appointment processes around new chief justices in these two regional powerhouses demonstrates just how important 鈥?and potentially vulnerable 鈥?the democratic rule of law is, in places that have long histories of human rights abuse, and where inevitable social change threatens age-old customs.In May Willy Mutunga was nominated as Kenya s first chief justice under its promising new constitution. Mutunga wears an earring and, as a Ford Foundation executive, funded gay organisations in the country. And yet, despite intense opposition from the churches he was confirmed in the post, in what was a watershed moment for Kenyan society. Mutunga was asked publicly if he was gay; he replied that he was not, but stated unequivocal support for the rights of those who were. Mos stanley mugs t Kenyans might not feel the same way. Still, Mutunga was clearly the best man for the job, given his independence, his integrity and his stance against state corruption.South Africa is very different to Kenya: it has had an exemplary constitution in place since 1996; abortion is legal; same-sex couples may marry. Mor stanley kubek e importantly, it has a strong civil society and an independent judiciary. But after seriously bungling the reappointment of the country s impressive current chief justice, Sandile Ngcobo, President Jaco stanley usa b Zuma has just made an astonishing |
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