...but that's because I don't have an authoritarian bone in my body.

A legal requirement is a very different thing than an ethical requirement or an amorphous demand made by public opinion.  When we start requiring a few people to do something, it has always been the case that the number of people required to do that thing grows very quickly to encompass much larger numbers of people.  When we start requiring people to reveal what clearly is very personal information in an environment in which our choices are controlled by large institutions, those large institutions are more easily able to use that information to limit our choices. 

If you don't like the fact that McCain hasn't made his medical records easily accessible then don't vote for him.  But don't force him to make them public because very soon you will be required to reveal your medical records.

by EveningStarNM on 09/29/2008 10:12:31 AM EST

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