Does he disrespect them by not giving the vaccination, but spitting on their shoes as they leave?
Does he respect their opinion but report them for not having a valid excuse?
"Both parents do not want Janet to receive the vaccine; the doctor, citing statistics, wants to give Janet the vaccine. How say you? Should the doctor respect their choice?"
So, we have answered you anti-vaxxer “problem that doesn’t exist”: The Doctor cannot give the vaccination without their approval.
If that is not what you mean by “respect” what do you mean?
Reading the OP absolutely literally, you stated in the question that he disagrees with the parents. By some interpretations of the word, he already does not respect their choice.
Read literally, the OP doesn’t even ask about any actions of the doctor, just his opinion of the choice of the parents. And it tells us what his opinion is. So there’s absolutely no reason to have asked about it in the first place.
[If one is interested in actions, the doctor should not go against the parent’s wishes without a better reason than is provided.]
I am reading it literally. The word “respect” has many definitions.
Jesus. It’s like if you ordered a steak “cooked” and I said “rare, medium rare, medium, well done?” and you said “my order stands on its own. Read it literally”.
Pretend I’m really really stupid and explain to me the scenario you are envisioning.
Quartz maybe all of us (other than you) have problems with comprehension. If so then your job as the smart one in the room is to dumb it down to a level that makes it your erudite and cogent prose understandable to our challenged minds.
All we’re asking, just a little bit, is what you mean by respect.
Quartz, you have provided very little of substance to this thread and have spent over half your posts simply snarling at other posters who have asked you to clarify your position or to take a stand on a position and justify it, (which is how debate works).
Either post a position and defend it or the thread will be closed.
(And back off the pointless snark: given the number of questions that you have evoked, it is obvious that your presentation is not the epitome of clear debate that you chose to claim it is.)
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Then please close the thread; I’m tired of people insisting on reading more into my OP than is there.
You’re reading things into my question that aren’t there! I’m utterly sincere.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Find out what it means to me…
Is this thread just playing out that song? Should the doctor Take Care of Business?
If a poster wants his Great Debates thread closed simply because it’s not going the way he wanted, should a moderator respect his choice?