> Then by all means, disagree. That's just my opinion man. But it's not just your opinion, because I'm forced to go along with it. If it was just your opinion

> Then by all means, disagree. That's just my opinion man. But it's not just your opinion, because I'm forced to go along with it. If it was just your opinion then we'd have a more just world, where disagreements are reconciled by argument or agreement to go our separate ways, rather than by force. > I think that the average citizen should be able to trust the medical community, and I think that the best way to accomplish that is to require the medical community to meet safety standards, and to support their claims of effectiveness with science. Trust is a two way street. In order to justifiably trust some person or institution, I need to know their reasoning for their decisions and decide for myself whether I agree. There can be no trust (and no science) where reasoning is enforced. > when it comes to medical treatment you could potentially cause a lot of harm This can be dealt with via non-enforced regulatory bodies that people consent to trusting, and through the court of law if those fail (with basic institutions like innocence until proven guilty, the opposite standard of what the FDA enforces).