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I'd personally find a recommendation from a friend You would, but so would a bunch of stupid people with stupid friends. I think licensing doctors falls into
by dkarl 16y ago
I'd personally find a recommendation from a friend
You would, but so would a bunch of stupid people with stupid friends. I think licensing doctors falls into the same category as mandatory school attendance, i.e., stopping people from hurting ourselves so they don't drag us down with them. To think we worry about doctors following decades-old traditions instead of evidence-based medicine, or being influenced by drug companies. Those are good worries to have! It could be a lot worse. Everyone knows you're supposed to see a doctor when you need medical care, got to take your kids to the doctor when they're sick, etc. That magic word "doctor" results in people actually getting competent medical care instead of going to a faith healer or an herbalist, which is what they'd do if anyone could call themselves a doctor and people had to discriminate for themselves.
Let people screw themselves all they want if it doesn't screw me, but we should take some measures to make sure people get more competent medical care than they would be able to choose for themselves, just like we force them to educate their kids instead of putting them to work full-time when they're eight.
- fleitz 16y agoMandatory schooling has nothing to do with ensuring education and everything to do with ensuring dogma and a uniform and compliant citizenry. You need only look at the flag salute and the various rituals that have nothing to do with education to see it. Education is not mandatory, only schooling. If mandatory schooling was about education then why can't parents take their education dollar to any certified provider?
- dkarl 16y agoIf mandatory schooling was about education then why can't parents take their education dollar to any certified provider? They can, in the U.S. They can send their kids to a private school or even school them at home, provided they meet certain requirements.
- pnathan 16y agoIf you live in a free state in the US, you can take your children wheresoever you so please.
- hugh3 15y agoWait, are there states of the US where private schools don't exist? I didn't know this.
- hugh3 15y agoUhhh-huh. So if that's the case why do they waste so much time teaching you science and mathematics and ancient history and foreign languages and so forth when they could just be having four-hour flag-salutin' sessions? Not everything needs to be a vast conspiracy, y'know. Some things are slightly screwy despite the best of intentions.