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Re: Nayas Admits Errors, Promises to Be Honest Going Forward, Switches to Verizon

Philip J. Koenig

2006-04-28, 5:48 am

On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:21:38 GMT, in article <m8U3g.5233$xX5.2264@bgtnsc05-
news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, John Navas writes...

> In <MPG. 1eb579e6c525e97f9897
b5@News.Individual.Net> on Sun, 23 Apr 2006
> 12:48:23 -0700, Philip J. Koenig < See_email_@ddress_be
low.This_one_is.invalid>
> wrote:
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> Actually it is -- you're just denying the inevitable consequence of what
> you're advocating. On the one hand you decry government intrusions. Then you
> turn right around and advocate more intrusions.

I'm sorry if in your world one can't have a nuanced position
that isn't pro-everything or anti-everything.

Despite the fact that the only text you pasted was a hyperbolic
comment from Malcolm without any context whatsoever, the point
was whether or not it was in the public interest to advertise
products to people who cannot actually buy them without the
consent of a licensed medical professional. Feel free to cite
studies from objective entities which have proven that such
advertising benefits the public health.

>
> I strongly disagree. I think people have the essential right to be informed
> and to make their own decisions about their own health.

There is *nothing* in what I have posted that disagrees with the
last sentence above.

> There's nothing in
> the Constitution that makes doctors into gatekeepers,

Neither did I make any such claim. You sure are coming up
with some zingers.

> and there's considerable
> evidence that health providers often make decisions that aren't in the best
> interests of patients.

Which once again, proves nothing, especially when you aren't
defining what "often" is. There is a reason that society has
very specific laws according only highly-trained and experienced
people the right to practice medicine and prescribe medications.
That you appear to question the entire body of reasoning and
history that lies behind such a cornerstone of civilized society
is rather laughable in itself.

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