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  1. Did you miss the story? on Sony Raises Price of Whitney Houston's Music 30 Minutes After Death · · Score: 1

    people where outrage and companies, and the price went back down. The time for boycot is over./

  2. Re:If you want to support an artist ... on Sony Raises Price of Whitney Houston's Music 30 Minutes After Death · · Score: 1

    well, there is a whole generation or two that never had exposure to her music when she was good.

  3. Re:Sony is a Profit-Oriented Corporation on Sony Raises Price of Whitney Houston's Music 30 Minutes After Death · · Score: 0

    no I wouldn't. You can run a company within ethical bounds.

    " that would be a defunct corporation in economical theory."
    You might want to talk to your economic professors and get a better understanding..you Have taken advance economic course, right? no? STFU

  4. Re:Sony is a Profit-Oriented Corporation on Sony Raises Price of Whitney Houston's Music 30 Minutes After Death · · Score: 3, Insightful

    IF you are going to fight, don't use terms like:
    " disney copyright"
    "0.000001% of the profites showing up in the checkbook"

    you sound like a loon, and won't be taken seriously. You can say it shouldn't matter, and you would be correct.But it DOES matter. And changing that is a different fight.

  5. Re:No slaves please. on Ask Slashdot: Tech Manufacturers With Better Labor Practices? · · Score: 1

    um, no.
    You might want to look at the history of corporate behavior in unregulated/low regulated societies through out all of history.

    I deal, they pay for boarding and good. Or force a company store; which is the same thing as slavery.

    Slave doesn't equate to no pay. Slaves can get paid, but then be forced to pay their employer room and board, and force them to use the company store.

  6. Re:General Chinese labor conditions on Ask Slashdot: Tech Manufacturers With Better Labor Practices? · · Score: 1

    Clueless. It's a workers market. Wages are going up., and workers often change jobs for better pay and conditions.

  7. Re:Intel on Ask Slashdot: Tech Manufacturers With Better Labor Practices? · · Score: 1

    Just because they are made by the same companies does not make them the same.

    Also, I don't think foxconn makes Asus MB

  8. It's changing on Ask Slashdot: Tech Manufacturers With Better Labor Practices? · · Score: 1

    China has recently change their laws, and is trying to get out of the cheap unskilled labor.

    Due to this, and increased fuel costs, jobs are starting to return to the US.

    New laws make it illegal to work more then 60 hours a week, even if the worker volunteers. Salary increase, etc..

  9. Re:...why? on Doctors "Fire" Vaccine Refusers · · Score: 1

    " and that's starting to change."
    no, its not. There still, is no good studies that show alternative care works.
    Hint: If it does work, then it becomes medicine.

    "no-one's saying this kid is *forced* to get vaccinated"
    I am. Assuming there isn't an allergy or immuno-compromised patient.

    Do you know why we got rid of small pox? because we lined up every kid in a school, sent them to the gym, and they got there shots.

  10. Re:...why? on Doctors "Fire" Vaccine Refusers · · Score: 1

    vaccines are almost always a money looser for Doctors.

  11. Maybe you shoud read it. on Doctors "Fire" Vaccine Refusers · · Score: 2

    Since you clearly have never read the oath, here is the relevant line:

    "I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures [that] are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism."

    Since the patrinet parent will not allow the doctor to apply the measures needed, it's the parent not allowing the Dr,. to carry out their oath.

  12. Re:Seems reasonable.. on Doctors "Fire" Vaccine Refusers · · Score: 1

    Actually, I stidy vaccines and read a shit ton of studies.

    I do know this:\
    You are an ignorant fool. STFU.

    AN din this case, not treating people who refuse to take treatment for routine care is not violating their oath. Let me know when someone is turned way when their life is in danger.

    You fuckers and your TV level of understand disgust me. To stupid to know how ignorant you are.

  13. Re:Seems reasonable.. on Doctors "Fire" Vaccine Refusers · · Score: 1

    House isn't competent, in fact he is a horrid Doctor.

    Great, research the Dr. However, they do have a high degree of training and access to journals most people don't.
    So, when talking about their specialty, there opinion should carry more weight compared to someone talking outside their specialty or training.

  14. Re:Seems reasonable.. on Doctors "Fire" Vaccine Refusers · · Score: 1

    It is not possible to get the flu from a modern flu shot.

    Not low probability, but NO probability.

    In fact, based on you post I can tell you that what ever sickness you had, you had it for days before the flu shot you got.

    You don't get exposed and the immediately get sick.
    And the flu shot can take a couple of weeks before your immune system has adopted.
    This is why I recommend getting the shot ASAP. Waiting until people are getting sick increase your exposure risk.

    Or it's psychogenic; in which case see a psychiatrist.
    No I ma not calling your crazy. It's just a different type of illness that can be treated.

  15. Re:On the other hand: on Doctors "Fire" Vaccine Refusers · · Score: 1

    the safest ones to be rid of... and there children, and since thy pose a threat of mutation, the rest of us.

  16. Re:Seems reasonable.. on Doctors "Fire" Vaccine Refusers · · Score: 1

    It's when you take a cow to Morks home world.

  17. Re:Seems reasonable.. on Doctors "Fire" Vaccine Refusers · · Score: 1

    They aren't violating the Hippocratic oath. This is about routine visits,.

    This is like saying if you show up at your Dr.s house at 1Am and he doesn't give you a routine check up, he is violating the Hippocratic oath.

  18. Re:Seems reasonable.. on Doctors "Fire" Vaccine Refusers · · Score: 1

    yeah, the AC is wrong. The reaction do range, and why are you taking a vaccine with egg in it if you are allergic?

  19. Re:Seems reasonable.. on Doctors "Fire" Vaccine Refusers · · Score: 1

    yes, but if they can't give cavities to someone else.

    " through flu season usually without severe fever but could end up with severe reactions from a vaccine that isn't all that effective anyhow?"

    Since it's highly unlikely..very highly, to have a reaction, and it's more likely to gte the flu, then yeah, get the shot.

    " through flu season"
    the flu isn't the same every year, and he is problem gaining from herd immunity. So, not a reasonable comparison at all.

  20. Re:Seems reasonable.. on Doctors "Fire" Vaccine Refusers · · Score: 1

    no they don't.

    You're wife's problems are likely to be psychogenic. Must people with nonspecific symptoms are exhibiting a psychogenic behaviors.

    Some don't, but gluten allergy is all the rage now. when in fact less the 1% are actually allergic.

    And there isn't anything wrong with it being psychogenic, just see a psychiatrist.

    And there is no such thing as 'Western Doctors' or 'Western Medicine'. There is medicine, it works or it doesn't.

  21. Re:New Sign in the Doctors Office... on Doctors "Fire" Vaccine Refusers · · Score: 1

    I know a lot of doctors.
    The only ones that have expensive cars, country clubs, and boats are ones that came from money.

    The don't really take home any more then any highly educated and trained person.
    I took home more then most GP doctors when I was contracting from 98-01

    I am keeping this about GP, since we are talking about vaccines. I worked with cardiologist that made a shit ton of money.

  22. Re:New Sign in the Doctors Office... on Doctors "Fire" Vaccine Refusers · · Score: 3, Informative

    NO, he is not.

    The flu is dangerous. You get influenza, and you can die,. Please explain to me how that isn't dangerous?

    while a percentage would die from other things, it's tiny percentage.

    No, to say the 500 people died from gun shot means 500 people died from gun shots. You can't say 'oh well, they might have died from something else.' Because you don't know. we DO know the 10's of thousands of people die from influenza in the us, 500K worldwide.

  23. Re:New Sign in the Doctors Office... on Doctors "Fire" Vaccine Refusers · · Score: 2

    Getting vaccinated allows you more time to live life to the fullest.

    It's not extreme, and the Flue can ALSO KILL healthy people in their 20's, depending on the strain.

    I don't thins Wallace intended for people to ignore their health.

  24. Re:New Sign in the Doctors Office... on Doctors "Fire" Vaccine Refusers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But if you get killed walking to the store, that doesn't put everyone you past that day at risk of being killed while walking. Non vaccinated people kill other people.

    And more miles are walked then people get the flu.

    Also, that's in vaccinated population. In a non vaccination population the number will be 100s of thousand daed compared to an average of 35000 dead over ten years.

    I mean,. think about it " This vaccinated group has less deaths then walking, so clearly that don't need to be vaccinated."
    So your comparison is not only wrong, it's really fucking stupid.

  25. Re:New Sign in the Doctors Office... on Doctors "Fire" Vaccine Refusers · · Score: 1

    36,000 over 9 years. not 11
    Pandemic is about range, not just numbers.

    Why don't you misuse some other words in capital letters so we can laugh at you some more?