Posted on 08/13/2012 2:25:34 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows
The correct answer to theirs, or anyone’s questions not under a legal compulsory perjury condition is, “No.”
Actually, many doctors do ask about things like that - not skydiving, but more common things like pools. I’ve only been asked the gun question once, after my daughter was born, and it was within the context of a series of questions about storage of household chemicals, car seat installation, whether I had a pool, etc - general baby-proofing/child-proofing type stuff. I didn’t have a problem with it in that context, though I would have a problem if asked for no legitimate reason (which I understand happens quite a bit).
About 25 years ago we were at the pediatricians office for some routine thing or another. The doctor asked me if I owned any guns. I said yes. He then said, “Do you know how many children are killed by guns every year?” To which I replied, “No, but I’ll bet its far fewer than are killed by malpracting doctors.”
We were asked to find another doctor.
I would not be offended by that statement...but when a new pediatrician asked me if we had firearms in our house, I told her it was none of her business. When she went on to explain that this was only in reference to protecting children, I then asked her why she didn't ask me if we had a swimming pool and if we did, was there a fence built to code that surrounded it?
She had an interesting look on her face with that question.
The barf alert was implicit in the title.
Precisely.
Good points. What I’m illuding to is a certain element within the conservative Chrisitan community that are using Romans Chapter 13 as a commandment that requires the Christian to submit to government as long as they aren’t specifically asking you to do something directly contrary to scripture. I personally know Christians, even politically conservative, pro-American Christians who believe the American Revolution was a sin against God because of their interpretation of Romans 13, although they acknowledge that the nation has certainly been blessed by God inspite of the “sin”. No kidding.
“On the laptop’s main screen displaying my medical records is my driver’s license photograph, obtained from the state’s division of motor vehicles. I did not give the doctor’s office my driver’s license photo.”
Wow, interesting. I can’t say I’m surprised. The key thing now is to be ready and play the game back. The more intrusive government is, the more people MUST be prepared to lie. In the Soviet Union, that was often the only way to stay out of the Gulags (i.e., basically death camps).
As an interesting aside, one of my kids had a really tough time writing an essay for the SAT - he would just freeze when we practiced and got a question like:
“Should people respect and tolerate everyone’s opinions, or should people take a stand against opinions they consider to be wrong? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.” (pulled from a website)
I simply told him to lie and make up a stories for examples, and then to add a little left-wing twist (such as admiring Al Gore, Clinton, or Obama) - since it was likely a school teacher would be grading it. It worked and he did fine.
It could happen, although to make that data link accurately, they have to shut down private sales nationwide first, and that is certainly on the docket if Obama wins in November.
So do I, sport...I have lived south and north and west and the people up here are far more arrogant than the south or west...we'll just have to disagree on this one...
Amen Brother.
She would ask me once and I would hit the door after telling her what I thought of her.
If she is rude enough to shove her liberal crap at me, I am rude enough to give her my answer.
She wil be fine in Massachusetts, most of her patients are as liberal as she is.
Very insightful and thought provoking post (as usual), Cvengr! If a patient replies, “None of your d*mn business”.. they can note “angry response”. Even if the patient replies, “I refuse to answer” that can show “deceit and refusal” so essentially the answer is “yes”. I am thinking a simple, “no”. No long in depth answer .. just a simple lie. (sort of like my listed weight on my drivers license).
Yep. She should ask anyone over the age of 70 if they are driving and if so, put it in the medical database so the government can take away their keys. That would save more people than taking away guns.
New Yorkers are like plague rats. They befoul everything they touch and spread the disease of liberalism wherever they go.
Case in point, my other home, Florida. Zero won Florida by about 236,000 votes. 312,000 new yorkers moved to Florida from 2000 to 2008. New Yorkers voted 63% for Zero. So if New Yorkers kept their voting patterns when they moved to Florida (and have you ever know a NYer to change their mind? They're SUPERIOR to those of us in "fly over country" and their opinions are superior don'tchaknow) then 196,000 of the 0bama votes in Florida came from New Yorkers. If you add massholes and New jerseymites who also moved to FL, then that is enough to have given 0 the state of Fl.
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