[hocndoc]

Good discussion you've started here.
Why is it that when I read some of these justifications I think of lobotomies? Is it from the movie "The Planet of the Apes" or remembering that lobotomy was legal for mental illness in the "60's? Unruly girls and "One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest" and Siberian dissidents were made "non-sentient."

[MHGinTN]

Good question, Lady. I cannot answer them though.

I find it interesting that a med student cannot see when an 'arbitrary' designation is applied that splits a continuum that he himself agreed is a reality. But then, she/he hasn't taken the 'oath' yet, so there is hope. [BTW, have I made any 'biological' errors yet?]