Reply #59: Inappositive analogy [View All]

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Walmart is not a local vegitarian diner. It is a multinational corporation that enjoys many governmental protections including immunity from liability for its shareholders, officers and directors. Further, pharmacies are highly regulated and somewhat monopolistic busnesses. I say monopolistic because only certified pharmacists can dispense RX drugs and only with a DEA license and on a doctors RX. Further, a pharmacist is a professional like a lawyer, doctor or accountant. They have obligations that are independant of purely business considerations. If Walmart is the only pharmacy in East-Buttfux County, Montana, (probably because they drove the local Rexall out of business)then it is not too much to ask for them to carry anything anyone is likely to need in an emergency, especially when the only reason for not doing so is some wacko-fundy agenda.

You reference to communism relies on the logical fallacy of false dilemma. You suggest that requiring a pharmacy to carry certain emegency medications will somehow make this a Stalinist country. It is either let corporations do whatever the hell they want on the one hand or communism on the other. Frankly, screw ideology and let us do what is best for the community.