I would agree with you (about not forcing dentists to treat people) if they weren’t the ones forcing fluoride into us, against the will of those of us who know better and those who don’t know any better.
For example, one dentist just convinced a whole Montana tribe to fluoridate their drinking water. I’m sure he gave them misleading information.
http://www.goldentrianglenews.com/articles/2008/12/17/glacier_reporter/news/news6.txt
Organized dentistry forced a state-wide fluoridation mandate in California in 1995, very quietly, so no one could object, and when the whole world and almost every reporter was more interested in the OJ story.
Last year both the Louisiana and Nebraska Dental Associations instigated a fluoridation mandate law in those states giving only positive information backed up with a “trust me; I’m a dentist” rhetoric.
So it’s very hard for me to feel sorry for any dentist who contributes to any dental association that forces fluoride into people without informed consent.
I suppose you're right, my comment was just my latent libertarian streak showing through.
without informed consent.
That's the crux of my argument against mandated fluoridation of public water systems. The general public is still being denied the truth about the dangers of fluoridation by those who profit from their ignorance. The people who are most at risk should at the very least be given all of the the known and relevant facts on both sides of the issue.
Those dentists must be getting huge kickbacks for “forcing” fluoridated water upon the masses. /sarcasm