Re: Canadian doctors coming to the US

From: Robert (RobertJ_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/28/04 

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 21:27:14 -0700

"Steve Harris sbharris@ROMAN9.netcom.com" <sbharris@ix.netcom.com> wrote in
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> "Lictor" <ghostmlNOSPAM-REMOVE@online.fr> wrote in message
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> > "George Conklin" <nilknoc@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> > > > Which is why many countries have a ban on advertising drugs outside
of
> > > > specialized magazines. Seeing all the ads for various drugs (mainly
> > AIDS)
> > > > was quite a surprise while visiting the USA, and actually quite a
> > shocking
> > > > one.
> > >
> > > Why were you shocked?
> >
> > It just felt terribly wrong, it's hard to pinpoint exactly why. What I
felt
> > was around the lines of immoral, unethical, obscene. I mean, ads telling
me
> > how great it is to live with AIDS while on drug X, and that you are able
to
> > climb mountains and all, do feel obscene to me. A subway station is not
the
> > place to take decisions on a matter of such vital importance as to what
drug
> > you will litterally bet your life on if you have AIDS. That's a decision
> > that should be taken in the privacy of a doctor's office, with the
> > counselling of a *neutral* practitionner. These ads negate that special
> > relationship. They're trying to sell life and death like they would sell
> > chocolate bars or soap. And knowing to what level of disinformation the
food
> > industry can go to sell products, I can't help but wonder at the quality
and
> > neutrality of the information in drug ads.
> > It felt just as wrong as ads for tobacco or alcohol products, another
thing
> > we have a ban on.
>
>
> I've got some shocking news for you, you poor dear innocent things.
> The decision of what particular drug you take for your illness is in
> many cases a lot like the decision of what kind of food to eat, or car
> to drive. The food and the car can kill you also, if you choose
> "wrongly." But that's part of being an adult, n'est-ce pas vrai?
> Unless you are Canadian.
>
> And now, next tell me. I've heard that in the US, it is money
> interests that rule the government. And that this is not so in other
> countries, such as (for example) that utopia of Canada. But you must
> tell me of this miraculous thing!
>
> SBH

They have a very simple answer and that is put everything under the
government and all the problems go away.

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