I know an elderly lady whose family is being told she should be taken to a "hospice house". Anybody got any ideas about "Hospice" care? Has Szasz made any...
In a message dated 6/2/2006 11:09:06 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ozarkheretic@... writes: I know an elderly lady whose family is being told she should...
Does everybody agree that an adult should have the right to put into his body any drug or substance that the person wants to take? Medicine? "Recreational"...
I don't believe that society should legalise all 'recreational' drugs.These drugs can and do cause addiction and disease. A person as a result of drug...
In a message dated 6/20/2006 11:08:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ... Certainly not everyone does. I do though. ... For the first, yes, with limitations when...
... What you've written isn't entirely clear. A person with any problem may lack insight into his problem. For example, a lonely person may not understand why...
... I think that a child ought to have the right to decide what medicine he does and does not want to take. Getting there from our current insitutions without...
... Liberty and responsibility cannot be meted out in different doses. Parents are responsible for their child, including what medicines the child takes, and...
Patforpres wrote: I don't believe that society should legalise all 'recreational' drugs.These drugs can and do cause addiction and disease. A person as a...
I wrote no such thing, and never would write such a thing. In a message dated 6/23/2006 7:25:57 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, titaniummdk@... writes: ...
The discussion we have been having about the legalization of drugs, or more correctly, as Szasz has pointed out, the "re-legalization" of drugs has made me...
In a message dated 6/25/2006 10:03:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ozarkheretic@... writes: People band together to help themselves survive and to create ...
What you are proposing is not feasible. Your notion that you will accept and obey the laws you approve of and ignore or disregard the laws you do not approve...
... If it happened instantaneously it would be dangerous. But let's assume we take it slowly and sensibly and that we are prepared to undo moves that prove to...
Alan, I am not getting your point. Tell me how you want to change the community or state that you live in. What do you say to people? How do you propose to...
In a message dated 6/30/2006 8:48:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ozarkheretic@... writes: Your notion that you will accept and obey the laws you approve...
Pat, I am not a political science expert, but it seems to me that you are simply ignoring the fact that the American state is a continuation of the America...
In a message dated 7/1/2006 9:07:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ozarkheretic@... writes: I am not a political science expert, but it seems to me that...
... My point was that it is possible to imagine that a political system without a state could be created and made to work. One problem is that people don't ...
News of interest: US anesthesiologists asked not to help execute death sentences WASHINGTON (AFP) - The American Society of Anesthesiologists called on its...
Who enforces the "contractual relations"? Does there not have to be a state to enforce contractual relations? You might call it something else, but whatever...
I question whether anesthesiologists should be considered differently than other people regarding their attendance at executions by lethal injections (or any...
... But if it were true that there has to be a single power to preserve peace, you'd have to favour a single state for the entire world, wouldn't you? I think...
... Interesting point - the idea of having one authority over the entire world. The creation of the League of Nations and the United Nations was based on that...
In a message dated 7/4/2006 4:00:39 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ozarkheretic@... writes: Who enforces the "contractual relations"? Does there not have to...
In a message dated 7/4/2006 4:33:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ozarkheretic@... writes: The prisoner has a right to live until it is time for him to be...