{"id":5214,"date":"2004-12-28T14:49:02","date_gmt":"2004-12-28T18:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/12\/28\/christmas-in-wales-with-matt-"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:06","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:06","slug":"christmas-in-wales-with-matt-not-jonah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/12\/28\/christmas-in-wales-with-matt-not-jonah\/","title":{"rendered":"christmas in wales (with Matt, not Jonah)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a3009'><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Let&#8217;s spend part of our winter holiday in Wales with <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/07\/09#a1755\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">Matt Morden<\/FONT><\/A><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">winter light<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">smoke shadows drift<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">over the water tower<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">New Year&#8217;s Day&#8211;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">bleaching work shirts<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">back to white<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">steeltown Christmas<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">drizzle blurs<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the neon welcome<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/blazer.gif\" alt=\"blazer\" \/>&nbsp; by&nbsp;<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.worldhaiku.net\/poetry\/eng\/uk\/m.morden.htm\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#ff0000\" size=\"2\">Matt Morden<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">credits: &#8220;winter light&#8221; &#8211;&nbsp; <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.theheronsnest.com\/haiku\/0312s5657\/thn_issue.h1.html\"><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">The Heron&#8217;s Nest<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"> (Dec. 2001)<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">&#8220;New Year&#8217;s Day&#8221; &#8211; <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.theheronsnest.com\/haiku\/0503l1233\/thn_issue.h5.html#POEM1\"><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\">The Heron&#8217;s Nest<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"> (March 2003)<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">&#8220;steeltown Christmas&#8221; &#8211; <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.theheronsnest.com\/haiku\/0403w1741\/thn_issue.h4.html \"><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\">The Heron&#8217;s Nest<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">, Valentine Award (March 2002)<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/DIV><SPAN><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV align=\"left\"><FONT><FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT><FONT color=\"black\"><FONT>by <A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$2731\"><FONT color=\"black\">dagosan<\/FONT><\/A>:<FONT color=\"black\">&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT size=\"1\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">children awash<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">in christmas gifts&nbsp;&#8212; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">tsunami on tv<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><\/FONT><\/FONT><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [Dec. 28, 2004]<\/FONT><\/EM><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><\/FONT><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><SPAN><SPAN><FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><STRONG><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/06\/27#a1700\"><FONT color=\"black\"><EM>one-breath&nbsp;pundit<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A><EM>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><SPAN style=\"#666666; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia\"><FONT color=\"#000000\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">&nbsp;<\/P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/jackinthebox.gif\" alt=\"jack in the box\" \/>&nbsp; Yesterday, <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/civpro.blogs.com\/civil_procedure\/2004\/12\/all_request_day_12.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Scheherazade<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> answered <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/yeomanlawyer.blogspot.com\/2004\/12\/deception-and-blogger.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Yeoman<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&#8216;s questions about anonymous blawgers.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">I don&#8217;t believe that there are any particular deception problems posed by anonymous <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">authorship of a weblog &#8212; once you know the writer is anonymous, you are (or certainly <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">should be) duly warned about the potential for fictionalization.&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">A lot of the worries about whether a weblog is &#8220;true&#8221; or &#8220;fictitious&#8221; could<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">be solved if weblog editors made it clear &#8212; as is done with all books &#8212; whether<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">the content is &#8220;<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fiction\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">fiction<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&#8221; or &#8220;<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Non-fiction\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">non-fiction<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&#8220;.&nbsp; Some weblog writers might need<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">to make this disclaimer one post at a time.&nbsp; We all know that there is often<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">much &#8220;truth&#8221; in fiction.&nbsp; However, if a writer is making up facts, he or she<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">should not be implying or declaring that the work is non-fiction.<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/> Eugene <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/volokh.com\/#106867040980153099\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Volokh wonders<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> about the context of a 1977 Report to U.S. Commission on Civil <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Rights report, co-drafted by then-Professor Ruth Bader Ginsburg, that seems to propose<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">that the age of sexual consent be lowered to 12 in a statute covering federal territorial and<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">maritime jurisdiction.&nbsp; In my experience, there did exist an overlapping group of feminist<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">and children&#8217;s rights lawyers in the 70s and 80s who insisted that the age of consent for<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">females should be lowered from 16, because adolescents were &#8220;women&#8221; who should be <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">allowed to have control of their own bodies.&nbsp;&nbsp; Another reason may have been helping to <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">assure &#8220;reproductive rights&#8221; to females at the earliest possible time.&nbsp; However, many would <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">have balked at twelve I bet &#8212; at least, as soon as they became mothers.<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/> <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/instapundit.com\/archives\/020079.php\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">Instapundit<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> and <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.socallawblog.com\/archives\/001993.html\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT color=\"#000000\">SoCalLawyer<\/FONT> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">are raving about <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.hughhewitt.com\/\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">Hugh Hewitt<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&#8216;s book <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/078521187X\/ref=ase_thesouthernca-20\/104-1569557-1267912?v=glance&amp;s=books\"><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Blog<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">.&nbsp; I like Glenn<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Reynolds&#8217; point that Hewitt gets it:&nbsp;&#8220;the vast hordes of small blogs with a few dozen readers <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">are more important than the small number of big blogs with hundreds of thousands of readers.&#8221;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">I also think it&#8217;s ironic that Hewitt&#8217;s book does not&nbsp;permit Amazon.com&#8217;s Look Inside feature.<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/>&nbsp; <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion\/Christmahanukwanzaka\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">Wikipedia&nbsp;asks<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> whether it is appropriate for there <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">to be a listing in its encyclopedia <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">for the term <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christmahanukwanzaka\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Christmahanukwanzaka<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">. (via <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/jkbaumga\/2004\/12\/24#a2826\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">j&#8217;s scratchpad<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">)&nbsp; <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">I wonder how <A href=\"http:\/\/www.professorbainbridge.com\/2004\/12\/the_battle_of_t.html\"><FONT color=\"black\">Prof. B<\/FONT><\/A> would vote.&nbsp; In <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">checking out this topic, I learned the new word&nbsp; <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Portmanteau\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\" size=\"2\">portmanteau<\/FONT><\/A><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT color=\"black\">,<\/FONT> and I ain&#8217;t ashamed to show my <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">ignorance.&nbsp;(some would say I do so daily) &nbsp;Good word.<\/FONT> <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/> The <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2004\/12\/28\/opinion\/28tue3.html?ex=1261976400&amp;en=4dc89d92105a08b2&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">New York Times<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"> is correct:&nbsp; Doctors should get a lot of the blame for putting patients <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/rxbrs.gif\" alt=\"Rx\" \/><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">who are not appropriate recipients on drugs, for far longer than would ever&nbsp; be appropriate.&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">The fact that the drugs are often 10+ times more expensive than less risky and more appropriate <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">drugs, which are as effective, makes this problem even worse.&nbsp; That the patient asks for the <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">televised drug and can get it elsewhere is no excuse for the individual physician making an <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">inappropriate prescription<\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">.&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">This is a good place to remind you to check out <A href=\"http:\/\/www.crbestbuydrugs.org\/\">Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs<\/A> website:<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Here are links to some of its first Press Releases.<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<TABLE cellSpacing=\"2\" cellPadding=\"7\" width=\"240\" bgColor=\"#ffffff\" border=\"0\"><br \/>\n<TBODY><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD vAlign=\"top\" height=\"70\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><STRONG>Press Release: Best Buy Drugs <\/STRONG><BR>Consumers Union announces a new public education campaign and website to help consumers save money on drugs. <BR><SPAN><A href=\"http:\/\/www.crbestbuydrugs.org\/pressroom.html#pr1\">more &gt;&gt;<\/A><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/TD><\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD height=\"70\"><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><STRONG>Press Release: Statins<\/STRONG><BR>Consumers could save as much as $1,300 a year by switching to a less expensive cholesterol-reducing medicine. <BR><SPAN><A href=\"http:\/\/www.crbestbuydrugs.org\/pressroom.html#pr2\">more &gt;&gt;<\/A><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/TD><\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD height=\"70\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><STRONG>Press Release: PPIs<\/STRONG><BR>An over-the-counter medication to treat heartburn and acid-reflux is available for under a dollar a day. <BR><SPAN><A href=\"http:\/\/www.crbestbuydrugs.org\/pressroom.html#pr3\">more &gt;&gt;<\/A><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/TD><\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD height=\"70\"><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><STRONG>Press Release: NSAIDs<\/STRONG><BR>Relatively inexpensive, safe and effective drugs to replace highly-advertised drugs to treat arthritis and pain. <BR><SPAN><A href=\"http:\/\/www.crbestbuydrugs.org\/pressroom.html#pr4\">more &gt;&gt;<\/A><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s spend part of our winter holiday in Wales with Matt Morden &nbsp; 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