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To: OpeEdMunkey; BykrBayb; floriduh voter; Lesforlife; Sun; Dante3
Have you actually considered the ramifications of increasing government oversight of the medical profession?

Because that is what Obama is suggesting.

You seem to have reached the conclusion that since more oversight is bad, that less must be good. This is INCORRECT.

So I will ask again, have you even considered what will happen if government oversight of medical care is eliminated?

And when it comes to suicide or assisting suicide as a sin, that's really in God's bailiwick, not man's.

He has already spoken on that issue, "Thou shalt not kill."

Ever thought about how ridiculous it is for suicide to be illegal? There's really not much you can do to punish a corpse. The only reason it's illegal is to give insurance companies a solid footing for their not paying out on a suicide's life insurance policy.

I'm sure that's the culture of death's latest talking point. However, suicide was a crime thousands of years before life insurance even existed. Moreover, insurance companies DO pay off on suicide if the policy is old enough.

27 posted on 08/03/2009 5:18:20 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee

I dunno. In another thread that you started you seem to be arguing against increased government oversight. You know the one. Government rationing...Terry Schiavo...culture of death...all that. So, do you want more government intervention or less?

On the upside you do make great use of upper case letters.

And again, sin and punishment thereof is God’s business. Not yours, unless you’re a priest, and certainly not the government’s.

Sure. Suicide is a crime if you happen to take someone out with you. Or maybe it’s akin to littering if you decide to jump off of a building - and someone has to mop you up.

Other than that it’s between me and God. Not me, God, and the state. And certainly not me, God, and you.

You’d be hard pressed to find a life insurance policy that pays out if the life is ended by suicide. I’ve been reading a lot of them lately. In fact there are some that don’t pay out if you buy it while committing a crime.


28 posted on 08/04/2009 2:32:00 PM PDT by OpeEdMunkey (We seem to have reached a critical mass of stupid people.)
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