Reply #20: Mandatory is what's wrong with it. [View All]

As for saving lives, you could easily be killing many people who would normally survive. Going to the doctor can be very dangerous. Besides what happens after the checkup? What if the doctor thinks you need treatment for something? Are you forced to have the treatment? If not, are you excluded? Who tracks who's been and who hasn't? Who tracks the results? Who tracks the followup? What's it cost to do yearly exams on 300 million people?

Sure, if you get hit by a bus, you want to be in the emergency room. However, you won't get me anywhere near a doctor unless a limb is about to fall off.

As for sacrifice, it's always someone else who wants to decide what sacrifices they want me to make. I'll decide my own sacrifice choices for myself.

Edwards is off my list after the SUV thing and now this.