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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (3099)	5/23/1999 11:38:00 AM
From: Terry D.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3702

The laws are full of injustices. A woman was allowed to have herself taken off life support because she didn't want to spend the rest of her life like that. As a result, her mother is now being charged with murder because she is the one who shot the woman (her daughter) and paralyzed her.. Apparently it is OK to decide to end your life under certain conditions. Yet we are not allowed to try to save ourselves because the process we may decide to use has no FDA approval. Reminds me of another case dealing with amounts paid to welfare recipients new to the state. A law was passed stating that new arrivals into CA couldn't collect more welfare then they were receiving in the state they came from. The court decided this was illegal because it infringed upon their right of freedom of movement and the right to live where they wished. It seems to me that the taxes I pay for these people infringes upon my right to vacation where I might wish. I'm not against welfare when the system is not abused. I just find it funny that they have the right to move where they wish and use my money and I have to limit my movements because of taxes I pay so they may have this right. Whoa, how did I get off on this tangent? Terry

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (3099)	5/23/1999 3:37:00 PM
From: The Dodgy Ticker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3702

Maurice, re the unfairness of the FDA: What you're seeing is government of the people, by the people, and for the people. The FDA works the way it does because our people want it that way. Sure, we want freedom, but too many of us want freedom without responsibility. Which is why we want the freedom to take any drug we want for any purpose we want. But as soon as we reap a misfortune from one of our free decisions, we want somebody else held responsible for the injury. That's why this country is reeking in lawsuits, and that's why the FDA and our other government regulatory agencies will ALWAYS be too restrictive. People want freedom AND security from bad decisions that comes from that freedom (i.e., freedom from responsibility) and life just won't work that way. That's why the Russians are having such a hard time with their democracy, (because their security net has been taken away), and that's why we are steadily losing the freedoms our ancestors bought with their blood (because our acceptance of the responsibility comcomitant with freedom is eroding). Didn't Rome fall for the same reason? Regards, Bob