On Tuesday 2003-12-23 22:09, John D. Giorgis wrote: > At 10:52 PM 12/23/2003 -0600 Robert Seeberger wrote: > >I think the point Tom is riffing on is that Rush has repeatedly > >claimed that there is no constitutional right to privacy. > >That would likely apply also to medical records. > > Why does arguing that there is no constitution right to privacy to have > abortions or homosexual relationships at all apply to the execution of the > laws of Florida regarding medical records? > > Or more generally, what is so inconsistent about saying that there is no > right to privacy to have an abortion or a homosexual relationship, but that > there is a right to privacy that protects one from a government's > unreasonable search of your medical records? > > It is not at all evident to me that there is a position on one necessitates > a position on the other.
A position on one entails a position of the other if you defend yourself with an apeal to a *general* right to privacy. If you apeal to a medical right to privacy (or confidentiality) then it covers the Linbaugh case and the abortion case. (Separating the two will require arguing abortion is not under the purview of medicine--no problem for JDG, no doubt, but a postion that is far from obvious to me). However, a narrower medical right to privacy DOES obviously exclude protection for sexual practices. -- More importantly, who cares if Rush is a hypocrite? If he's such a good conservative why has he been married and divorced so many times? Rush is a marketeer. Attacking Rush for being Rush is a cheap ad homeniem argument. Rush is not important, his showmanship and message are--especially his showmanship. The way he packages his message and the good feeling he gives his listeners is more important than his message. The message tends to be pretty thin, but its an energizing rush for conservatives. > JDG - Who has no arguments, nor any apologies. > _______________________________________________________ > John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world, > it is God's gift to humanity." - George W. Bush 1/29/03 > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
