Slog - Comments on Coming Soon to a Strip Mall Near You

Comment by Samson

Samson — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:01:32 -0800

It's ironic because the "typical shopping plaza" this pharmacy is located in makes me "anti-life."

Comment by flamingbanjo

flamingbanjo — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:03:20 -0800

On the plus side, they'll probably go out of business in relatively short order.

Comment by Hernandez

Hernandez — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:05:41 -0800

Cue a rousing chorus of "Every Sperm is Sacred"...

Seriously, shit like this makes me want to breed. Like, have 18 fucking children and raise them all to be fag-loving, safe-sex practicing, pro-choice, anti-war, Democrat voting liberals.

Because you know that conservative religious fundamentalists idealize clown-car-vagina families, and I'm uncomfortable with the idea that they're breeding more prodigiously than us.

Comment by elswinger

elswinger — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:07:13 -0800

I guess it's their right, but who goes to the mall to buy condoms when you can buy them in bulk at Sam's Club?

Comment by Mike of Renton

Mike of Renton — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:09:21 -0800

Ruby Tuesday, Papa John�s and Kmart?

Was this an example or a game of "Which of these is not like the others?"

Comment by Cato the Younger Younger

Cato the Younger Younger — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:24:29 -0800

Pro-Life America! Just think: Back alley abortions for all Americans! Just think of taking a walk in the woods to find a rape victim having bleed to death after going to a "doctor" to abort the fetus that was the result of her father raping her. There she is, with crochet needles coming out of her vagina slowly slipping away.

THAT is the country I want! And that is what a vote for John McCain and Dino Rossi will provide for all of us! Praise Jesus!!!

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:35:46 -0800

Wonder what they're going to do when the entire West Coast has Death With Dignity laws ....

Comment by elswinger

elswinger — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:52:01 -0800

I think the closest Ruby Tuesday's is in Issaquah (I know because I want to try their Triple Prime Burger).

Comment by COMTE

COMTE — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:53:29 -0800

Too true, @3. Because, if God had NOT wanted 90 year-olds to still be able to produce young 'uns, he would have invented male menopause, no?

Comment by Jason Josephes

Jason Josephes — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:04:41 -0800

I honestly don't know, but is there a law saying you have to carry every medicine under the sun? Or are pharmacies like other retailers who are under no obligation to stock any one item?

Comment by Westside forever

Westside forever — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:04:41 -0800

See what you get when business have a "moral code"? As long as all they care about is making money, you know where they're coming from. The second the are guided by God's law, or Sharia, or L Ron Hubbard, you get all kinds of trouble.

Comment by Jonathon

Jonathon — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:31:18 -0800

I guess that concept could work, but I would think that market forces would actually put such pharmacies at a disadvantage. Consider the example of a 30 year old woman, who takes daily birth control pills along with other prescriptions. Would she patronize this pharmacy in order to get her non-contraceptive prescriptions filled and then go to another one just for birth control? Probably not. Most people seek a "one stop" solution for such things.

It will be interesting to see what happens in the communities where these no-contraception/family planning pharmacies will be located. My bet would be a serious rise in the spread of STDs and unplanned/unwanted pregnancies. It would be even worse if these new pharmacies do succeed in putting others out of business.

Some day we will look back on this "faith based" nonsense and wonder just what in the hell people were thinking.

Comment by Vince

Vince — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:38:36 -0800

How about pharmacies that don't serve fucking "Christian" assholes.

Comment by Timothy

Timothy — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:26:43 -0800

What nonsense. I'm sure they will do every bit as well as drug stores that don't sell cigarettes, and corner stores that don't sell booze.

Comment by laterite

laterite — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:27:49 -0800

They should be stripped of their PharmDs.

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:46:01 -0800

COMTE should be applauding this; now pharmacists who find contraception immoral wont be forced to choose between being immoral and starvation.

Comment by Chris Tharrington

Chris Tharrington — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:41:56 -0800

I read this article in today's Washington Post. My office is about 2 miles from the location of this new pharmacy, and I had to wonder if people of faith lose their business sense when they embrace the misinterpretations of Jesus' teachings. Within a 5 mile radius of this new pharmacy is a Costco, a CVS, a K-Mart with a pharmacy, a Target, and probably more grocery stores with pharmacies and easy access to condoms. Since we're in the outer suburbs of DC, the grocery stores and drug stores don't even lock the condoms away from the buying public, like they do inside DC. As I read this article, I wondered if this pharmacy should not sell over the counter sleeping aids and pain killers. After all, suicide is a sin as well, and if someone were to use this stuff to kill themselves....I'm just saying.