March 12, 2006

Why isn't Viagra immoral?

I've done a lot of surfing today and learned many many interesting things. I <3 the internets. I learned all of this stuff while looking for something else.
First I learned about synaesthesia. There was a book recommended to me called The Memory Artists by Jeffery Moore and one of the characters is a synaesthete. Best fun fact? The ability to read is actually a form of synaesthesia, since it links shapes to sounds. Fascinating.

Then I learned about www.uglydress.com- the archive of the world's worst dresses. Not to be missed; the Hello Kitty wedding dress. I'm not making that up.

And then I read about this: When can drugists refuse to sell the Pill?
"The Minnesota Legislature is poised to give pharmacists the right to refuse to dispense birth-control pills on moral or religious grounds...A House committee approved a bill last week that would allow pharmacists to decline to fill prescriptions, but only if patients are assured "timely access" to their medications. Some details of the bill are in flux, but sponsors say it's likely to pass."

WTH? Seriously, I don't get it. Why is it not immoral to dispense Viagra or Levitra or Cialis or the many many types of erectile disfunction drugs? And where will this end? What about the drugs for treating herpes? Or those for HIV? And since when can you pick and chose who you want to serve in your chosen profession? A paramedic still has to treat the drug overdose guy and get him to the hospital, even if it's "immoral". A public defender still has to defend the DUI cases. The matress salesman still has to sell mattresses even though he may not approve of your mattress activities. I mean, if you have that much of an issue, perhaps pharmacy is not for you. These pharmacists are trying to legislate from behind the counter- and that makes them "activist" pharmacists IMO - but you won't hear that phrase tossed around in the media. All you can do is contact your representative. *sigh*

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

oh, my GOD!
Here's a link to the somebody's Klingon wedding. Yup, Klingon. The wedding party was on the "ugly wedding" section of uglydress.com, but I had to go and see more. I'm all for making your wedding personal & reflecting your own tastes (we had homebrew, of course), but this is...well, weird.

http://custurd.b3ta.com/mirror/klingonwedding/

Allknowingjen said...

OMG! I can't believe I missed that one! LOL!

Anonymous said...

What? I thought this sort of thing got passed in backwards, southern states. This does not happen in a blue state. And where does it end? And why is it only ever women's medications that get denied?