Comments on: Appalling! http://www.monkeyjuggler.net/meanderings/2006/09/29/appalling/ "A beer and some convo" Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:28:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: alby http://www.monkeyjuggler.net/meanderings/2006/09/29/appalling/comment-page-1/#comment-15 alby Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:34:22 +0000 http://www.monkeyjuggler.net/meanderings/?p=13#comment-15 Hi Perry Yes and yes. This is now the site for my ramblings. Hopefully there'll be more stuff (besides ramblings) on here soon. I've got no problem with a doctor being grumped at by a patient who disagrees with them but £44k seems a tad steep for a claim against someone doing their best for that particular patient and her new daughter. I wonder if the daughter will thank her mum for the money when the mum gets cancer? Unbelievable. Hi Perry
Yes and yes. This is now the site for my ramblings. Hopefully there’ll be more stuff (besides ramblings) on here soon.

I’ve got no problem with a doctor being grumped at by a patient who disagrees with them but £44k seems a tad steep for a claim against someone doing their best for that particular patient and her new daughter. I wonder if the daughter will thank her mum for the money when the mum gets cancer? Unbelievable.

]]> By: Perry http://www.monkeyjuggler.net/meanderings/2006/09/29/appalling/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Perry Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:20:00 +0000 http://www.monkeyjuggler.net/meanderings/?p=13#comment-14 Don't you guys have 'freedom of speech' over there? Alby, I've got a link to your site on my blog. Would you like me to switch the location to this site? Don’t you guys have ‘freedom of speech’ over there?

Alby, I’ve got a link to your site on my blog. Would you like me to switch the location to this site?

]]> By: Bear http://www.monkeyjuggler.net/meanderings/2006/09/29/appalling/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Bear Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:41:10 +0000 http://www.monkeyjuggler.net/meanderings/?p=13#comment-13 You wouldn't be able to inforce a ban, short of locking all pregnant women in a small yet well ventilated room for 9 months. You wouldn’t be able to inforce a ban, short of locking all pregnant women in a small yet well ventilated room for 9 months.

]]> By: Plumsie http://www.monkeyjuggler.net/meanderings/2006/09/29/appalling/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Plumsie Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:21:00 +0000 http://www.monkeyjuggler.net/meanderings/?p=13#comment-12 Clare normally suggests writing to your MP They are the people with the power to stop this sort of stuff happening. I think doctors rather than being sued for telling smokers to stop should be obliged to tell them to stop smoking. Tax on cigarettes should be higher, I know about 75% of the cost of a pack is tax already but, if it was higher, say 90% then it would either force people to stop or make them pay more towards medical care. Then again, withdrawing medical care from people who refuse to stop smoking when it is causing them problems is also a reasonable idea. Maybe pregnant women should be banned from smoking and drinking, or maybe smoking in close proximity to children should be banned. Makes you think doesn't it Clare normally suggests writing to your MP

They are the people with the power to stop this sort of stuff happening. I think doctors rather than being sued for telling smokers to stop should be obliged to tell them to stop smoking.

Tax on cigarettes should be higher, I know about 75% of the cost of a pack is tax already but, if it was higher, say 90% then it would either force people to stop or make them pay more towards medical care. Then again, withdrawing medical care from people who refuse to stop smoking when it is causing them problems is also a reasonable idea.

Maybe pregnant women should be banned from smoking and drinking, or maybe smoking in close proximity to children should be banned. Makes you think doesn’t it

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