Sal wrote: Joanimaroni wrote:Simplify it.....4 drugs, only 4 drugs are excluded....not 20 contraceptives only 4. Sixteen contraceptives are covered.
It's arbitrary and based on subjective religious beliefs which makes for a bad ruling.
Please explain how the decision is arbitrary and subjective. For a change, please be specific.
ar·bi·trar·y [ahr-bi-trer-ee] Show IPA
adjective
1. subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion: an arbitrary decision.
2. decided by a judge or arbiter rather than by a law or statute.
3. having unlimited power; uncontrolled or unrestricted by law; despotic; tyrannical: an arbitrary government.
4. capricious; unreasonable; unsupported: an arbitrary demand for payment.
Wrong there Sal, obviously the decision is not arbitrary.sub·jec·tive [suhb-jek-tiv] Show IPA
adjective
1. existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective ).
2. pertaining to or characteristic of an individual; personal; individual: a subjective evaluation.
3. placing excessive emphasis on one's own moods, attitudes, opinions, etc.; unduly egocentric.
4. Philosophy . relating to or of the nature of an object as it is known in the mind as distinct from a thing in itself.
5. relating to properties or specific conditions of the mind as distinguished from general or universal experience.
Sorry Sal...not subjective either.