I'm reading "Surgeon jailed after amputation of own legs" (BBC).
An NHS vascular surgeon who had his own legs removed has been jailed for two years and eight months for insurance fraud and possessing extreme pornography. Neil Hopper, 49, of Truro, Cornwall, carried out hundreds of amputation operations before having his own legs removed in 2019.
Truro Crown Court heard he lied to insurers by claiming that injuries to his legs were the result of sepsis and not self-inflicted. It heard that in May 2019 Hopper had below knee amputations after a "mysterious illness." In fact he had used ice and dry ice to freeze his own legs so they had to be removed, said prosecutor Nicholas Lee.
The court heard Hopper, who admitted two counts of fraud and three of possessing extreme pornography, had a "sexual interest in amputation."
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If you feel the need to chop off your legs, consider that the organ that is giving you "body dysphoria" may be your head. Maybe you'd be better off without it.
England is lost. What a sick society.
What Lazarus said.
Hopper? More like Chopper!
Of course he lost in court. He had no leg to stand on.
Curious George wins the thread!
Foot fetishists: "Dare you to find a fetish weirder than ours!"
Stump fetishists: "Hold our feet."
If a doctor is willing to have something like that done to himself, imagine what he'd do to others.
We have reached peak insanity. The good news is there’s nowhere to go but down.
"Curious George wins the thread!"
You might have jumped the gun there. (See 10:12).
The pornography he possessed was video of castrations. I don't think they were medical demonstrations as the person who made them had a website called "The Eunuch Maker" that livestreamed castrations. The article described them as "back room" procedures.
When reality becomes a David Cronenberg movie.
Of course he lost in court. He had no leg to stand on.
What's amazing is how the incompetence of the doctor and insurance company allowed him to get his foot in the door to begin the process of amputation in the first place...
Transpedal syndrome. Queer sexual orientation. #NoJudgment #NoLabels
...possessing extreme pornography, had a "sexual interest in amputation.
You can always get away with a lot more if you're good looking.
"She was a one legged prostitute. Awe, she had a good sense of humor though."
Planned Pedalhood (PP). Abort. Did he sequester the carbon? Climate change is a threat to the poor of the world, and a profit for the cartels.
Reminds me of the short story "Survivor Type" by Stephen King. The story is about a surgeon stranded on a barren island with a large amount of heroin he was smuggling who is forced to resort to self-amputation and autocannibalism to survive. But in Steven King's twisted mind at least the dude had a purpose.
So wanting to have your legs amputated is recognized as a sign of profound mental illness, but the right to have your child's privates or breasts removed must be protected with sanctuary states or cities?
I'm wondering if his assigned name at birth caused him problems with body dysphoria and he could no longer stand to be known as a Hopper.
On the serious side, how did this person make it through medical school and employment with NHS without someone being concerned about his mental health.
A friend's aunt, surnamed Hopper, married a man named Foote. Sadly, the Hopper-Foote union didn't last.
His surgical career became dead on its feet when the story got legs. Imagine how unsteady his patients must feel now.
In any healthy society people like this are in an institution and being treated.
Some people amputate a foot, others a fetus. A "burden" is a "burden", of course. Let us offer empathetic braying in a virtual signal of support for his Choice.
Does he identify as a woman or a migrant?
Der Führer Starmer and the Labour Stalinst party will let him go.
They have more important things to do.
Like arrested comedians protecting children, and teenage assault victims protecting themselves.
First, do no harm.
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On the serious side, how did this person make it through medical school and employment with NHS without someone being concerned about his mental health.
So... here's the thing. I think there are issues of degree in a number of professions. Surgeons have to like to cut. Cops have to like to enforce order. SEALS have to be okay with causing mayhem, including death. Teachers (not talking professors here - professors ought to be different, given that they're dealing with at least putative adults) have to like to... searching for the right term here... be in charge, maybe? Psychologists and psychiatrists have to feel sympathetic, perhaps empathetic, toward people with mental illness and disorders. Take any of these "have to's" a step over the line, and you can get... this.
And I understand that psychopaths are often very good at blending in, so even in professions where a psychological profile is part of the screening process, such people might not (I think we can safely say DO not) always get caught in the net. And this guy may not be a psychopath (although the signs... I mean, I'd feel pretty comfortable making the assumption), but just a surgeon - who likes to cut - with extreme body dysphoria and some other dys'es.
I'm glad he was caught. We can't let this kind of thing go.
https://www.pilotonline.com/2023/02/24/hopper-achieves-personal-goal-at-colonial-half-marathon/
Headline from our local paper about runner Roger Hopper. I wondered was it the right half marathon or the left half marathon?
No matter how much he wanted it -- became a surgeon -- he couldn't do it himself.
Looking for a Mr. Rogers lesson here. And I think I found it.
A trained surgeon that specializes in hobby amputations for sickos? How could he still have been practicing? They should have taken the legs off at the neck. Oh, wait - I can see a potential solution for the grooming gangs......
Mason G said...
"Curious George wins the thread!"
You might have jumped the gun there. (See 10:12).
9/5/25, 10:15 AM
There will be no jumping, I can assure you.
With the many addicts and the occasional serial "mercy" killer, the medical professions don't do a good job policing its entrants and members.
Wait a moment ... I'm confused. What did you think this was?
Look, I've got your advert right here. I've printed it out. "I want to cook with you."
I suppose its OK he was the surgeon. But I hope he wasn't deciding who got amputations or not.
Do they give details? What insurance fraud, was it just pay for the operations, or for an additional payout?
Misery is a selfie sequel to affirmation. What's next, selfie-abortion?
Were the left over limbs combined into a sort of human centipede or spider thing? Truth, these days, is not stranger than fiction.
Certainly, he must be endlessly entertained by the irony of his name.
- Krumhorn
Commit to the bit.
Jamie said...
"So... here's the thing. I think there are issues of degree in a number of professions. Surgeons have to like to cut..."
Yes, agreed. There really can be a fine line between "excellent professional" and "inappropriate or dangerous behavior" in many lines of work.
The old adage about the best cops would make the best criminals is mostly true, and it is why you'll sometimes see career changes in both directions.
"There will be no jumping, I can assure you."
Buzzkills like you make me hopping mad.
This is extreme, destructive mental illness. It's amazing that he wasn't flagged much sooner as a risk to himself and others.
Hopper ain’t hopping no more?
He didn’t have a leg to stand on…
Don’t piss on my head and tell me it’s raining…
Man goes into a hospital to get his leg amputated. The surgeon makes a mistake and removes the good leg.
The guy wakes up from anesthetic and the doctor is at his bedside. Doctor: “Hello sir, I will get straight to it, do you want the good news or the bad news?”
Guys says" bad news first then good"
The doctors replies "well there was a bit of a mix up and we removed the wrong leg and then we obviously had to remove the problematic leg! So… unfortunately, you are now legless!"
Man says "Sweet Jaysus! Well what's the good news?"
The doctors replies " The guy in the next bed wants to buy your slippers!"
Q: what do you call a stand-up comedian who just had his legs amputated?
A: a comedian
At least no one else was groomed or corrupted when he was full of pride and selfiesh dreams. And no lives were aborted. #NoJudgment #NoLabels #HisChoice #Pro-Choicw
That surgeon is two appendages from being called Matt.
That’s sick shit. Wow. Why are you even going there?
What if he believed that his amputated feet were the good part and the rest needed discarded? I mean do his legs have rights too? Who decides what part of the body holds the rights? Maybe it should be the hands. They sign the agreements.
OT, but this was possibly the best collection of bad puns in a comment section I have encountered.
"That surgeon is two appendages from being called Matt."
Q. What do you call a guy with no arms or legs flying over the fence?
A. Homer.
Q. What do you call a guy with no arms or legs who can play seven instruments at one time?
A. Stump the band.
“Whatever it is out there, it killed Hopper, and now it wants us…RUN! GO! GET TO THE CHOPPER!”
Hopper. May god grant me the self control to not make a horrible comment. Oh, what the heck?
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