From: 6anthony_m@spcvxb.spc.edu
Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.dnd
Subject: Re: D&D, religion, politics, etc (was Re: D&D and Christianity)
Date: 7 Jan 93 01:55:31 GMT
Organization: St. Peter's College, US

> 
> 	The gap is widening, but the doctors of my acquaintance (and I
> know a helluva lot of them) are not doing any better now than they
> were twenty years ago. While some small groups of specialists are 
> doing somewhat better, political and social pressures and changes have
> made it increasingly difficult for a doctor to make a living which is
> properly in proportion to the time and effort invested in his becoming
> what he is, and the responsibility involved (so, you WANT to get cheap
> doctors? Lemme tell you, a doctor who feels that the time and effort
> he'll invest in SAVING or PRESERVING *my life* isn't worth all that much
> is NOT the kind of doctor I want.)

Well, a doctor who views his success by how much money he gets is not the kind
of doctor I want.  Consequently, I dont go to the doctor often.

> 	Scientists, however, don't control such things, nor do they
> use them as terror, except in a sort of bizarre, self-destructive way --
> i.e., "look at the horrors that science has visited upon us, join us
> scientists in a fight against Evil Science"... ?

No, but in their ignorance they create these tools, for the politipigs 
to use and manipulate us with.

> 	The nuclear bomb was developed by the US as a sort of self-defense
> measure; we had reason to believe Germany was developing the thing itself,
> and later we used it in an attempt (right or wrong is irrelevant in this
> case) to reduce the amount of bloodshed and destruction which the 
> continuation of the Pacific campaign was sure to bring. 

Boy, you sure buy their excuses.  The pacific campaign, could have never
destroyed as many lives as the bomb.  The bomb was used to flex the US 
Goverments muscles. Kinda' lettin everyone know who is boss.

> 	What a bit of poppycock. While a goodly number of "the poor" (hardly
> a homogeneous group) have potential, that potential isn't restricted by 
> any form of deliberate intimidation, and to call the educated and scientific
> "useless" is a ridiculous attitude. Without the "educated", this civilization
> will collapse. Read _Atlas Shrugged_ by Ayn Rand; while she simplifies things
> to a great extent (partly due to the milieu in which she grew up) and 
> goes to greater extremes than the "real world" would require, she demonstrates
> with inarguable logic why the attitude you express in #3 is, at best, flawed
> and at worst is evil.

Education is used to keep the poor in check.  If your parents arent rich, then 
you dont go to a good college and become rich either.  Of course there are a 
few exceptions to this rule, but for 90% of the people it is correct.  And
as for this "civilization" collapsing.  Good, we need a change around here.

> 	If you've seen how much work goes into making a qualified American
> MD, you'd realize that they deserve to charge every penny they want. 
> Especially since the patient is ENTRUSTING THE DOCTOR WITH THEIR LIFE AND
> HEALTH. How much SHOULD you charge?


Well, doctors should be able to charge every penny they want.  But we should 
also have a choice to select a doctor who doesnt have a license and will 
charge cheaper.