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How on earth is it a strawman? The post I responded to is making that exact argument, I even quoted it. The temerity of those EMTs to treat a homeless man, pro
by slibhb 4y ago
How on earth is it a strawman? The post I responded to is making that exact argument, I even quoted it.
The temerity of those EMTs to treat a homeless man, probably mentally ill, bleeding in the street, without obtaining his consent! How dare they!
- shkkmo 4y agoI don't see any such argument, just a commentor questioning you reading far more into the presented facts than warranted. I see zero content in that comment that could even be construed as arguing for the statment I quoted and called out as a strawman. > The temerity of those EMTs to treat a homeless man, probably mentally ill, bleeding in the street, without obtaining his consent! Obtaining consent is literally part of the job and those EMTs absolutely have been trained in how to do it and when they don't have to. The borders can be complicated and aren't always drawn correctly IMHO, but that doesn't mean that the requirement to obtain consent before treating someone should be removed.
- slibhb 4y agoYou're making the exact argument that you apparently "don't see".
- shkkmo 4y agoI think you have a problem with understanding any kind of nuance. "There are sometimes you should get consent before treatment and sometimes you don't need it" != "treatment without consent is fundamentally flawed"