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Date: 2006-10-17 03:14 pm (UTC)
Good points, all.

Most paraphilias are not listed as illnesses in DSM-IV, and are not treatable as such unless the paraphilia is causing significant distress, e.g. with one's partner. The only paraphilias commonly treated by the psych profession without other indicators that it's causing distress in someone's life are those that involve nonconsenting others and/or possible arrest for criminal activity.

The concept of "fair market" in prescription drugs gets interesting. In Canada, for instance, the government acts as a monoposony buyer for prescription medications, which means that that country does not have a free market in prescription medications. The drug companies simply consider the reduced revenue from selling to the Canadian health care system to be worthwhile so they can sell in Canada at all. So buying drugs from Canada is less about taking advantage of a "free market" than it is about taking advantage of a neighboring country's distortion of the local market.

I'd go further than you on HOAs. IMO they should be forced to operate like town governments, because essentially that's what they are. Free and fair elections, and business required to be conducted at public meetings open to all who are bound by the HOA's rules.

I'd stop *all* farming subsidies, not just tobacco.
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