Rock Climbing is OK, But Vioxx is Not

Thomas Sowell wonders
why it’s ok to risk your neck rock-climbing, but not ok to risk a heart attack
with the arthritis pain-killer Vioxx. The reason is that there are people in our society who want
to take health decisions away from us. Why is that? Because there is enormous satisfaction in
being part of the elite of “wiser and nobler people — defenders
of the downtrodden, protectors of the environment, advocates of peace and opponents of war. There is
always some crusade that requires their superior wisdom and virtue to be imposed on others.”
Are you part of that elite? Do you deserve the scope to exercise your “superior
wisdom and virtue” for the benefit of the little people? Me too!