I don't think you understand the depths of contempt and disgust in which many people - gun owners especially - are holding the current state of our society and government.
I, for one, hold the same level of contempt for doctors, too, especially ones who have the "I know better than you" attitude that
NetDoc and
bender73 have consistently demonstrated here. I am a person who takes excellent care of myself -- no chemicals, lotsa exercise, nobody in my house smokes anything, etc., etc. I have, nevertheless, had the need for doctors and I've been fortunate to find five really amazing ones over the many years of my life. But other than those five great people, most doctors have been arrogant blowhards like we've seen in here. I will never, ever tell them what goes on in my life and I will always shoooo them through their job, which is to diagnose the problem at hand and, otherwise, to STFU.
You are trying to use the mechanics and legalities of the machine as an excuse. I understand you are "obligated" to do it - but that is the part that makes it all so onerous and tyrannical.
Great assessment,
calsdad. My hope is that
netdoc and
bender73, their status of "gods on earth" notwithstanding, will someday soon exprerience the same type of onerous tyranny at the hands of some other governmental entity, e.g., an assessor, an inspector, a board of registration in medicine, a police officer, a licensing agent, etc., etc. May someone arbitrarily deny them their rights if, in fact, they are even "real" doctors. Better yet, may they soon find themselves at the mercy of the medical system and see how horrifying the imbalance of power is, and how frightening the loss of control due to chronic illness can be.
I don't know how else these delusional doctors will ever relate to the world the way that we mere mortals (some of whom are elected officials, professional athletes, actors and actresses, attorneys, scientists, blue-collar workers, service industry workers, waiters and waitresses, busboys, cab-drivers, etc.) do.