Posted by SLS on September 28, 2001, at 13:27:18
In reply to Re: the crux of the issue, posted by Dr. Bob on September 27, 2001, at 23:13:33
Hi Dr.
> I did want to see if I was missing the crux of the issue... Well, as you've probably guessed, I would in fact like to draw a new line:
> Why, would it have been cheating if you had just told me?
Maybe. I felt it was more important for you to arrive at an answer on your own. It was my preference to participate in the process without suggesting a remedy. Yours is a pretty good one. Its specificity should allow for effective policing by the moderator. Personally, I would have preferred to have the information regarding drug sources remain available to me.
Now, I have three more questions that I think are relevant.
1. Is it unequivocally illegal for you as an administrator of a website on American soil to facilitate the exchange of information regarding the procurement of drugs not approved by the FDA?
2. Does facilitating the exchange of e-mail addresses for the purpose of procuring the aforementioned drugs represent a violation of law or of your policy of posting?
3. What about posting a URL to another URL that lists the URLs of sources?
Hope this helps.
Regarding making recommendations to others:> > 5. a course of action that is known to medicine as being injurious.
> If that's a likely outcome, then that's just not supportive.
> > the status of a medical alternative be illegal is not sufficient for me not to suggest it to others or pursue it myself.
> You may suggest the alternative to others, and of course you may pursue it yourself, but the new policy (see below) is that you may not use this site to help others to obtain it.
There is something to be said for peer pressure and allowing posters to be unsupportive of unsupportive posters without so quickly being reprimanded for being so. Since judging which posts are unsupportive is probably subjective and a matter of opinion, I think civility should remain the focus in such exchanges.
2 1/2 cents.
- Scott
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