Hi Earl,

> ~> I'm glad to see you changed your position.
> No change.

Originally you dismissed it out of hand, and then you shifted your 
direction.  I'm not sure what I missed....

> ~> You doubt that people who teach at Harvard are educated?
> Hmmm.  I say "I don't doubt their education," and you
respond that I do
> doubt it?  I'll go with MY answer.

If I misread your message, then I apologize - it wasn't intentional.


> Wilper is a physician.  He teaches at the University of Washington.  He 
> was
> for a time on a fellowship at Harvard, not in a faculty position.  I don't 
> know
> whether or not he has any expertise in statistics.  And, just for the sake 
> of
> completeness, I doubt that Harvard Medical School has undergrads in its
> student body.

A physician is required to be an educated person - and I know you are aware 
of the amount of school required.  And - you would be suprised how many 
undergrads that Harvard has that go on to Harvard Medical School - Law 
School - Business - etc.  I've spent time on that campus and enjoyed every 
moment.

> Fire protection is not a "right" at all.  It is a government service 
> which, if it is

It is a right if it exists in a city charter as such.  There are lots of 
different charters which provide it as a service, and others as a right.

> are not rights at all, but are freedoms.  If I had a "right"
to eat, that 
> would
> entail someone having a responsibility to give me food.

The right to eat is akin to the right to pursue happiness.  For one to be 
happy, one must eat (it helps to have a daughter in Law school).

> Interesting, though, that some of the countries that have largely 
> government-
> run medical care systems actually deny their citizens that more basic 
> right to
> seek medical care in a mutually voluntary exchange between supplier and

And there are others that provide government medical care and do not 
acutally deny their citizens that more basic right to seek medical care. 
This ain't one of them.

Shannon 

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