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bubu, you don't think that doctors tend to "want to help no matter what"?

thats been my personal experience with doctors.

also, whats with the economic approach to the value of an addict's life in >> 10?

here's a question bubu: its got to be cheaper to give a thief the money in a convenience store register than to pay cops to come get him, process him, put him in a holding cell, feed him, light and plumb his cell, provide him with a lawyer, try him, and then store him in a prison with free room and board for some period of time, don't you think?

should, therefore, convenience stores give out free money to anyone with a gun, and the government just reimburse them?

oops. i forgot to include my point in the previous post. i think its obvious but sometimes people misinterpret me.

all crimes, even crimes against property, transgress against the social contract. law enforcement is not merely a process of renumeration and prevention, even when total renumeration is possible. society has an incentive to reduce crime, by instilling ethics, through negative reinforcement.