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Matt Beckwith wrote:
> 
> Well, since I love a good argument, I'll bite.  What exactly is the
> "aberration in rationale"?  You refer to it but don't point it out.
> Also, what's "sick" about this post?  Finally, in what way are
> optometric prescriptions an "economic abuse of the public"?

Maybe I can shed some illumination here.   There's want and there's
need.  A pair of glasses can be as frivolous as a cute little pair of
earrings, or as vital as a wheelchair.    The notion that glasses are
"accessories" has inflated the prices to "Jewelery levels"  instead of
more reasonable market prices for vision aids.

Imagine what would happen if people started seeing crutches as
"accessories".  You could go to a store and find wall after wall filled
with aluminum, steel, anodized, wood, plastic, rare material crutches. 
Pad width, depth, hand grip variations, tip style and color could be
chiosen to "accent" the user.  But at a price!  Each pair would cost 
(for sizing, fitting, custom work, prescription) say $500.00.  People
who had slight limps, but loads of cash would rush to buy these
beautiful creations.  Those who honestly could not walk, would have to
resort to making an old pair last longer, try home making them, or going
badly in debt to afford basic mobility.

Now add to that, that the big crutch stores began forcing small time
crutchmakers out of business.  And making the sale of nonprescription
crutches illegal.  While the public became shriller and more dependant
on the fancy pretty crutches, using them as status symbols and props,
the truly disabled would come to find that insurance companies refused
to pay for them and prices climbed to stratospheric levels.

We crips are waiting for the day when crawling is outlawed.  Frankly, I
am starting to long for the day when my eyes are no longer helped by
lenses. I can get OUT of the vicious rat race and have some peace.  

Swan

"the more things change, the more they stay the same!" Snake Plissken