Now that I'm older I see this all the time and it scares the beejeezus out of me how many people pretty much assume that "greed is good," profits are the only real way to incentivize anything, and government doesn't work... just because they're too young to remember when these were not just assumptions in every public…

Dexomega said "leaving it to the private industry... " which doesn't preclude private involvement. I think e meant to offer was support for continuing public research, which is under attack right now, not to exclude private research, which isn't at issue.

"Just because an iPhone was made by a corporation or a road was paved by the government doesn't automatically prove that either way is the best way of going about it."

"rock & roll all nite and party every day?"

Yeah- we should all have to have a coding background to use computers!

Wow- how cool that we get comments from such distinguished creators!

Yeah, but that obsoletes like three months work!

Yes. Words matter.

No- I LIKE Valentine's day (despite having had record bad ones until my current girl).

Back on point 1: Yes, doctors should still be good gatekeepers. But why give them any incentive not to be? Is there any benefit to advertising drugs that is worth the chance that docs give way to patient demands only 10% more often than they really ought to?

Can I ask how old you are? I was very young when this change started, but old enough to notice. There was political debate about it, and even at about eleven or twelve, I thought it sounded stupid to advertise straight to people who couldn't go out and buy the product, but had to force someone more qualified than…

"my point is that all ads are skeezy for exploiting them, not just pharmaceutical ads."

# different docs... sounds like there might be a good reason. What did they say?

Looks like his dentures are about to pop out.

Giggling and jiggling.

My vote is a bit modified from the options. I think there's be three climaxes: one little, which sets up the big, then another little to put a bow on the trilogy or extend it out, a la DK.

So THAT's why they made the pill blue!

Spam by post is easily solvable- it just requires a ban, which would be particularly easy since it happens through a Federal agency. And it SHOULD happen, because all those mailings are a huge environmental suck and not very good marketing- they're heap, but terribly scattershot. It won't happen, though, because it…

ex-ACTLY.

Not just by making him a crazy vagrant- they made his suit out of dark, grungy rubber, too!