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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess that physicians are allowed to opt out of the Hippocratic oath, too?[/quote]

Sure.  But it's up to the med school to decide if they still graduate.  [/quote]

O.k. so there are possibly some pretty big consequences (not graduating!) for NOT saying the Hippocratic oath.  Is that fair?  Or do you think that physicians who aren't feeling it shouldn't have to say it?[/quote]

Medical schools are specific institutions, often private, where people choose to go if they want to be a doctor and therefore choose to subject themselves to that school's specific criteria.  I personally don't think physicians should have to say it, because I don't think the only thing keeping us from a fleet of Sweeny Todds is the fact that they chanted words in unison -- we also have laws and ethical requirements that doctors have to follow.  But it doesn't matter what I think because I am not a medical school.

But I also don't think this works as an analogy.  Again, medical schools house a group of people who chose to go there.  The US is full of people who are born here.  And even if saying the Hippocratic oath should be required, there's nothing about the pledge that makes it the only way to demonstrate patriotism.  Further, demonstrating patriotism is not a prerequisite to being a citizen of the US.  Which is one of the things that makes the US great, IMO.[/quote]

When the emcee announces to the crowd "Let's all rise for our national anthem"  and you choose to sit in your seat and play on your iPhone instead, you are going to stick out and you are going to come across in a negative way.  In a situation like that, it would be respectful of you to maybe go to the bathroom or some other out of the way spot.[/quote]

I stand, just like I do for the pledge, although I don't put my hand over my heart.  I stand out of respect for the performer and/or the other people around me.  But even if I did sit in my seat and play on my iPhone (???), if I "come across in a negative way," then that's their problem, not mine.[/quote]

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