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4th law of robotics

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12. I absolutely support your right to choose to be an idiot

Reply to Godhumor (Original post)

Fri Jul 6, 2012, 09:53 AM

Jul 2012

that right ends however when you are making the choice for someone else.

Sheesh, this is 2012. We ought to be discussing how to build the most effective warp drives, not whether seaweed has magical healing properties.

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Woman charged for not giving her son prescribed medication for disease [View all] Godhumor Jul 2012 OP

Hopefully he will be in better hands now. Some people shouldn't be parents. nt AJTheMan Jul 2012 #1

Cute but not quite the whole truth Lionessa Jul 2012 #2

Except the mother said she gave it to the child Godhumor Jul 2012 #4

She claims she did, the mother indicates otherwise, I'm skeptical Lionessa Jul 2012 #8

Ah well good thing she saved the kid from vague hypothetical ills 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #14

You are a strange if you believe she saved anything. Lionessa Jul 2012 #16

S-A-R-C-A-S-M etherealtruth Jul 2012 #30

That part was sarcastic but the part taking a dig at those that are concerned about Lionessa Jul 2012 #32

Yes. If only she'd *actually* given him faithful seaweed doses, he'd have been just fine. enki23 Jul 2012 #5

Though many are bogus some end up with medical kiss of approval. Lionessa Jul 2012 #7

Lionessa Sans__Culottes Jul 2012 #20

I do not know. What I do "know" is that a mother Lionessa Jul 2012 #24

Good answer. Sans__Culottes Jul 2012 #26

GOOD! The woo-woos are a danger to others. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #3

What's the harm? enki23 Jul 2012 #6

What's the harm of not giving a minor their needed meds??? obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #22

You missed the implied sarcasm tag. enki23 Jul 2012 #28

I don't you read enough medical threads! obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #33

Seems I've heard mysterious supplements can cure just about anything etherealtruth Jul 2012 #31

+1 obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #34

Some people are just plain stupid. nt Javaman Jul 2012 #9

Oh fantastic--another mom Arkana Jul 2012 #10

ohhh, don't let the alex jones woo crew hear you saying that! dionysus Jul 2012 #11

What are you a paid shill for big pharma?!?! 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #13

I absolutely support your right to choose to be an idiot 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #12

The treatment for hypothyroidism is simple MineralMan Jul 2012 #15

Based on grandmother's telling, though, and by the mother's having never even Lionessa Jul 2012 #17

Well, as usual, we only have part of the story. MineralMan Jul 2012 #18

What I'm saying is that I blame an lazy, uncaring mother. Lionessa Jul 2012 #19

"Alternative" medicine doesn't work Nevernose Jul 2012 #21

My sister has this same thing obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #23

It's only called "medicine" if big pharma can make money off of it. Otherwise they Arkansas Granny Jul 2012 #27

Warning: If you have died from taking X*en*itol* call You-rLa-wyer. L0oniX Jul 2012 #25

"Charged FOR" = billed. "Charged WITH" = prosecuted. I hate headlines like this. kestrel91316 Jul 2012 #29

What's the Harm? Confusious Jul 2012 #35