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Tuesday, July 18, 2006
When the Career-Bot 3000 Implants You With Your Career Chip, Then You Will Have No Choice
Arghh. The Washington Post is clucking sympathetically at kooks in the medical profession who think they don't have to do their jobs because --gasp-- some people's legitimate medical choices don't mesh with their morality. We've moved on from grumpy pharmacists refusing to fill morning-after prescriptions -- now we've got ambulance drivers who won't drive you to your surgery, brain surgeons who won't pull the plug, the list goes on...
What is up with this? I mean, were they unaware that their jobs might include these things? When I went to law school, I knew I'd have to foreclose on orphanages and personally beat up homeless people. That was okay -- I'm evil! I know and accept it. That's why I didn't go into, you know, social work or something. There are tons of jobs out there -- why can't these goofs go into a profession that they can actually do? |
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Maybe they can be firefighters who refuse to rescue gay people, or IRS agents who refuse to process returns from Wiccans.
Since when did your job become optional based on your moral judgement of those you help?
8:41 PM, July 18, 2006
When I was an ambulance driver I frequently refused to obey my dispatcher's orders due to deeply held convictions concerning the immorality of working past the end of my scheduled shift.
-JE
10:56 PM, July 18, 2006
Ha!
As a scientist I might have to stop researching things that might benefit religious peons. How might I go about doing that? Maybe when I treat patients in the future I'll refuse to touch anyone wearing a cross.
I'm sorry, your visible religiosity is offensive to me, and anything I could do to prolong your life would be immoral.
12:37 AM, July 19, 2006
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