A story on page A3 -Nov 29 : "HIV -free man sues after test says he's ill " - shows how litigious and petty people can be. For two months James Gaunt had been " agonizing over his fate ". Then he found out that the SmithKline Beecham lab had made a mistake.
Yes, it was like getting off death row. Now Gaunt wants to sue the lab for causing him " permanent emotional injuries ".
It is true that he is going to die some day . Our lives are like drops of water going over Niagara Falls. The voyage is only as meaningful as we make it.
The experience should have made James Gaunt more thoughtful, more grateful for LIFE . Any lab can make a mistake. I believe his " permanent emotional injuries " call for nothing less than a sincere apology from SmithKline Beecham .
Our pity should be reserved for those suffering the living hell of full blown AIDS. A rational national health care plan will also accomplish this : it would end frivolous malpractice suits.
Medical professionals will not need to have very expensive insurance coverage .
How many lawyers will support " socialized medicine " ?
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
Friday, November 26, 1999
Unequal care for kidney patients
A little dense perhaps - The New York Times article:" Report discovers unequal care for kidney patients " ( By Denise Grady , Nov.25). " Blacks and those cared for by for profit centers less likely to receive the best treatment: a transplant operation ". (Projo, front page ) .
Let the alert reader ask this question: Is being BLACK hazardous to your health - or is it being POOR ? Almost any quack in business will think a black man's money is as good as a white man's money . Capitalism is not prejudiced against affluent GREEN !
Would a poor white on Medicare be equally endangered if he or she had a serious kidney disease ? If so , the New York Times article makes a false RACE issue here. The real issue is poverty and there are millions of poor whites too .
ALL human beings are entitled to quality medical care. We just cannot escape the necessity for a national health care plan - even if the mean-spirited Republicans call it Socialized Medicine.
CLASS - not RACE - is the fundamental issue .
Let the alert reader ask this question: Is being BLACK hazardous to your health - or is it being POOR ? Almost any quack in business will think a black man's money is as good as a white man's money . Capitalism is not prejudiced against affluent GREEN !
Would a poor white on Medicare be equally endangered if he or she had a serious kidney disease ? If so , the New York Times article makes a false RACE issue here. The real issue is poverty and there are millions of poor whites too .
ALL human beings are entitled to quality medical care. We just cannot escape the necessity for a national health care plan - even if the mean-spirited Republicans call it Socialized Medicine.
CLASS - not RACE - is the fundamental issue .
Thursday, November 25, 1999
Nice to see a new guy here !
The projo.com bulletin board notification of new message. See:
http://www.projo.com/twocents/get/news/991/1.html
Well, you made your point, even with a minimum of verbiage. I support the Vatican here. And I think that right now the Catholic Church is the most progressive institution on earth in its social and economic philosophy. Unlike world capitalism, it never did forget the poor, or its ancient roots as a religion of the poor and the oppressed.
If the area in dispute between the Arabs and the Jews were not "Holy Land " to both sides, these peoples could get along just fine .
The fact is that the Palestinians could find a new home ANYWHERE in those vast Arab lands. The Jews are confined to very little space. If God gave them that wretched land, He was not being over-generous to His Chosen People.
If I were a Jew, I would make New York City my "Holy Land ". A whole lot safer there !
Peace will come to Israel when their prime minister is half-Jew and half-Arab , preferably with an Arab father and a Jewish mother.
Nazis accused the Jews of being greedy lovers of gold. But then why were so many of them rebels,radicals, and communists - my Chosen People ? And it does not even matter if THEY own everything. Three Jews in a room will hardly
agree on ANYTHING - not even WHO is a Jew!
Shalom !
http://www.projo.com/twocents/get/news/991/1.html
Well, you made your point, even with a minimum of verbiage. I support the Vatican here. And I think that right now the Catholic Church is the most progressive institution on earth in its social and economic philosophy. Unlike world capitalism, it never did forget the poor, or its ancient roots as a religion of the poor and the oppressed.
If the area in dispute between the Arabs and the Jews were not "Holy Land " to both sides, these peoples could get along just fine .
The fact is that the Palestinians could find a new home ANYWHERE in those vast Arab lands. The Jews are confined to very little space. If God gave them that wretched land, He was not being over-generous to His Chosen People.
If I were a Jew, I would make New York City my "Holy Land ". A whole lot safer there !
Peace will come to Israel when their prime minister is half-Jew and half-Arab , preferably with an Arab father and a Jewish mother.
Nazis accused the Jews of being greedy lovers of gold. But then why were so many of them rebels,radicals, and communists - my Chosen People ? And it does not even matter if THEY own everything. Three Jews in a room will hardly
agree on ANYTHING - not even WHO is a Jew!
Shalom !
Wednesday, November 24, 1999
No hate here !
The projo.com bulletin board notification of new message. See:
http://www.projo.com/twocents/get/news/989/3.html
I believe that I can comprehend simple English. I fail to find any HATRED in this man's heart. He has a moral right to believe as he does about homosexuality. I have a more "liberal " position on gay Boy Scouts: Don't ask, don't tell! And find other matters to occupy your young minds besides sex. It really is a very interesting Universe that God has made!
Your sexual orientation is only important if you see the Boy Scouts as a happy hunting ground for homosexual seduction. Note the story about the pervert right across from the Bakst column today.
Charles Bakst is a complete phony -and an insufferable little snob. Forward him your post -and see his wretched "character " come through in any response. I've been there !
Charles Bakst - a rude little man! The only gays he likes are most likely from the privileged upper middle class -hardly OPPRESSED HOMOSEXUALS!
And he is quite the sycophant ! Always sucking up to the high and mighty in Rhode Island.
http://www.projo.com/twocents/get/news/989/3.html
I believe that I can comprehend simple English. I fail to find any HATRED in this man's heart. He has a moral right to believe as he does about homosexuality. I have a more "liberal " position on gay Boy Scouts: Don't ask, don't tell! And find other matters to occupy your young minds besides sex. It really is a very interesting Universe that God has made!
Your sexual orientation is only important if you see the Boy Scouts as a happy hunting ground for homosexual seduction. Note the story about the pervert right across from the Bakst column today.
Charles Bakst is a complete phony -and an insufferable little snob. Forward him your post -and see his wretched "character " come through in any response. I've been there !
Charles Bakst - a rude little man! The only gays he likes are most likely from the privileged upper middle class -hardly OPPRESSED HOMOSEXUALS!
And he is quite the sycophant ! Always sucking up to the high and mighty in Rhode Island.
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