No, I read it (admittedly maybe only partially), but I still think it's dumb.
I don't care how lawmakers have justified and continue to justify their actions on this issue. If the masses are willfully ignorant enough to allow their representatives to legally ban something as harmless (and as beneficial, for that matter) as naturopathy, then I think they're idiots.
Lobbying can undoubtedly have a powerful influence on public policy. I'm realistic enough about politics to understand this. But ultimately the voters need to be held accountable for continuing to elect such corrupt and, frankly, stupid individuals. We're talking, what, 60 years of complacently?
I realize the aforementioned bill's purpose is to decriminalize naturopathy in the state of Tennessee. My point is that something like this should never have been explicitly criminalized in the first place; let alone allowed to be criminalized in the 21st century. It's outright embarrassing. Any law against the practice of naturopathic medicine should have been repealed a long time ago.
Perhaps I'm being too idealistic here, or maybe I'm too sympathetic to naturopathic medicine in general. But this is my personal view on the matter.
Re: restatement
I don't care how lawmakers have justified and continue to justify their actions on this issue. If the masses are willfully ignorant enough to allow their representatives to legally ban something as harmless (and as beneficial, for that matter) as naturopathy, then I think they're idiots.
Lobbying can undoubtedly have a powerful influence on public policy. I'm realistic enough about politics to understand this. But ultimately the voters need to be held accountable for continuing to elect such corrupt and, frankly, stupid individuals. We're talking, what, 60 years of complacently?
I realize the aforementioned bill's purpose is to decriminalize naturopathy in the state of Tennessee. My point is that something like this should never have been explicitly criminalized in the first place; let alone allowed to be criminalized in the 21st century. It's outright embarrassing. Any law against the practice of naturopathic medicine should have been repealed a long time ago.
Perhaps I'm being too idealistic here, or maybe I'm too sympathetic to naturopathic medicine in general. But this is my personal view on the matter.