[geeks] Re: [rescue] right to die [was: Apple WWDC Summary]

[Sandwich Maker]

"From: "Jonathan C. Patschke" <jp at celestrion.net>
"
"On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Sandwich Maker wrote:
"
"> but is it moral to do something risky/stupid and -almost- die, and end
"> up a vegetable and/or cripple supported at great public expense?
"
"That's a different argument altogether.  As a libertarian, I am not in
"favor of socialized medicine.

your beliefs are nice, but irrelevant if:
1. you can't voice them, and/or
2. they're in conflict with laws that medical folks must operate
   under.

didja notice it's easier to be libertarian when you've got money?  and
the poorer you are, the better socialism looks...

"> and i don't understand why kids -must- be in the back seat, but small
"> adults are allowed to -drive-.  supposedly, it's because airbags
"> endanger small people, so why is -age- the rule...
"
"Because you can only discriminate based on race and age in this country,
"not by size.  Although, they're working really hard to change that (see
"also: "the fat tax").

surely as a libertarian you're not against this?  the obese -do-
suffer more health-related diseases, and should the rest of us pay for
that?  i'll grant the fat tax is probably an ill-advised way to go
about it, insofar as the revenues won't go directly to hhs.
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