IIRC the healthcare bit was entirely separate from that, he just was fascinated by the subject from a young age. The religious reform was absolutely because he wanted a divorce, but history isn’t always black and white. Even hitler liked dogs.
Fun fact: The Nazis actually supported animal rights.
That's about the most humane thing they did, and I'm pretty sure anybody who doesn't directly benefit by a lack of animal rights supports animal rights. So it doesn't really make up for anything.
Agreed, it doesn’t make him a better person by any means. Though I get your point, it’s not really a fair comparison for Henry since advancing the field of medicine does far more for humanity than just liking animals.
Was more trying to point out that even horrible people will have traits that can be considered ‘good’ without they themselves being good.
Oh, I wasn't making a point by telling you that. Sorry. I was just saying that because I thought it was interesting, but I wanted to clear the record and make sure nobody interpreted what I was saying as me being a Nazi sympathizer.
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u/MLDriver Apr 23 '21
IIRC the healthcare bit was entirely separate from that, he just was fascinated by the subject from a young age. The religious reform was absolutely because he wanted a divorce, but history isn’t always black and white. Even hitler liked dogs.