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To: ColtonGang who wrote (157715)	7/4/2001 9:34:59 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Dear dear colty, >>>>>I have purposely given fictitious information about Alaska,Alcatraz and the like and you NEED to correct me. Now how do you square that with your prior statement. >>>>>What I don't tolerate is ignorance, prejudice, and extreme stubborness. You don't want to be informed of your extreme ignorance. Seems like an extreme prejudice against treating others the way you want to be treated. And that of course indicates your extreme stubbornness in seeing you own extreme comprehension deficit disorder. Ain't it truly amazing much of someone's psychopathology is revealed by an extremely naive vacant liberal mind. you all have a nice day now hear. tom watson tosiwmee

To: ColtonGang who wrote (157715)	7/4/2001 9:35:52 PM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Doctors Three Times More Deadly Than Guns WASHINGTON, DC — Doctors kill three times as many people every year as guns do — which is why the new head of the American Medical Association should stop crusading against guns and target incompetent physicians instead, say Libertarians. "Message to the AMA: Doctor control would save far more lives than gun control," said Steve Dasbach, national director of the Libertarian Party. "Instead of adopting a political agenda and working to eliminate the Second Amendment, doctors should adopt a medical agenda and work to eliminate deadly, derelict doctors." Last week, Dr. Richard Corlin sparked a huge controversy by adopting "gun safety" as his platform when he was inaugurated as president of the American Medical Association. Citing "an epidemic of handgun violence," Corlin demanded an increased firearms research budget for the federal Centers for Disease Control, and more studies of trigger locks and ways to reduce accidental shootings. But Corlin failed to mention that, according to studies, doctors kill three times as many Americans each year as guns do, said Dasbach. "According to a report by the Institute of Medicine, 98,000 Americans are killed every year by medical errors," he noted. "By contrast, 30,708 gun-related deaths occurred in 1998 — meaning incompetent doctors are more than three times as deadly as guns." The Institute's 1999 report called the medical error rate "stunningly high" and cited "horrific cases" of malpractice, such as a man who had the wrong leg amputated by a sloppy surgeon. "If Corlin is concerned about saving lives, why isn't he campaigning to keep scalpels out of the hands of slipshod surgeons?" asked Dasbach. "Or demanding background checks for doctors, federal lawsuits against the medical industry, or a 'cooling off' period to keep doctors who have just injured a patient out of the operating room for a few days?" Corlin's campaign against guns also violates the Hippocratic Oath of "First Do No Harm," Dasbach pointed out. "Americans use guns to defend themselves 2.4 million times a year, according to the Gun Owners Foundation," he said. "So Corlin's anti-gun agenda could harm — or even kill — 2.4 million innocent Americans every year. That's medical malpractice on a grand scale." Corlin ought to consider how he would react if the tables were turned, said Dasbach. "Imagine the response from doctors if the president of the National Rifle Association started attacking an 'epidemic of operating room violence' — and began campaigning for more medical malpractice lawsuits," he said. "Yet that's exactly what the AMA has been doing for years. These physicians have been targeting guns instead of something they actually have control over: Their incompetent colleagues who are killing 98,000 of their own patients every year." The fact is, gun violence isn't a medical issue, it's a criminal issue, said Dasbach. "People who use a gun to commit a crime should be arrested and prosecuted — which is the job of the police, not doctors," he said. "Honest, peaceful gun owners should be left alone by misguided doctors masquerading as politicians. "In other words, doctors, heal thyselves — instead of wasting your time attacking an industry that saves millions of lives every year." toogoodreports.com

To: ColtonGang who wrote (157715)	7/4/2001 9:53:16 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 769667

<<I have purposely given fictitious information about Alaska,Alcatraz and the like and you NEED to correct me. >> Didn't fool me, I knew about Alaska and Alcatraz. When did you learn Vern?