The fight against No-Fault Insurance is a fight for our FreedomAttend the Public Forum at the Saskatoon Public Library on May 13, 2000 |
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Nipawin - May 10, 2000 - By: Mario deSantis | |
motivational psychology theories |
I came across no-fault insurance issues facing Saskatchewan only superficially and I really got |
upset about Dr. Cassidy's recent research supporting no-fault insurance because this researcher | |
partially based his findings on motivational psychology theories(1). Dr. Cassidy says that a | |
system which allows people to sue forces them to focus on their injuries, instead of on getting | |
better. And this is why injured people recover twice as fast from whiplash and related traffic | |
injuries if they cannot sue for pain and suffering. I am not going to dwell on the integrity of the | |
research methodology used by Dr. Cassidy to support his conclusion that no-fault is superior to | |
the tort system(2). | |
defraud the people |
What I am concerned here is the continuous manipulation of numbers by this government and |
their contracted researchers and business consultants to defraud the people of this province | |
under the economic banner of saving money(3). Dr. Cassidy's research is another attempt by | |
this government to constraint our individual rights, and play with their astute phoniness(4). | |
Dr. Cassidy's conclusion that no-fault is better than the tort system is as far fetched as the | |
thought that we can solve the challenges of a new economy either by learning how to write | |
better resumes or by continuously improving the quality of our ancient products and services. | |
$1.5 million |
Only recently I have found out that Dr. Cassidy's research was supported by a research fund |
of $1.5 million granted by SGI, and therefore we can easily understand where Dr. Cassidy's | |
loyalties reside: the almighty dollar, and with it SGI and this government. | |
Lorie Terry |
Last week, I became aware of the organization The Coalition Against No Fault(5) and since |
then I visited their educative web site and read the article "Folly to accept SGI theory on cure | |
for pain(6)." Yesterday, I talked on the phone with Lorie Terry, a member of the Coalition | |
Against No Fault, and I was amazed by her exuberance in carrying on the fight against no-fault | |
insurance in Saskatchewan. Lorie invited me to attend the public forum on no-fault to be held | |
at the Saskatoon Public Library on May 13, and I am sorry I cannot be there. If you have time | |
don't miss the opportunity to attend this forum and listen to outstanding good people. It is not | |
only a matter of no-fault insurance, it is a matter of our freedom. | |
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Quote by Donella Meadows "challenging a paradigm is not a part-time job. It is not sufficient to make your point once and then blame the world for not getting it. The world has a vested interest in, a commitment to, not getting it. The point has to be made patiently and repeatedly, day after day after day" ftp://sysdyn.mit.edu/ftp/sdep/Roadmaps/RM1/D-4143-1.pdf http://iisd1.iisd.ca/pcdf/meadows/default.htm | |
General reference: Articles by Mario deSantis published by North Central Internet News http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/authors/desantis.html | |
Dr. Cassidy's study on no-fault insurance: supporting another shock absorber, by Mario deSantis, April 20, 2000 | |
Letter From Dr. Freeman About SGI's No Fault Study http://www.angelfire.com/nf/coalitionagainstnf/LetterFromDr.Freeman.htm | |
Making money is not creating wealth Mr. Premier Romanow, by Mario deSantis, February 7, 2000 | |
Honourable Janice MacKinnon and her rolling economy in Phonyland, by Mario deSantis, May 8, 2000 | |
Coalition Against No Fault In Saskatchewan, Box 24007, 240 Albert Street, Regina, Saskatchewan S4R 8R8, (306)546-4424 coalition@dlcwest.com http://www.angelfire.com/nf/coalitionagainstnf/ | |
Folly to accept SGI theory on cure for pain, by Lorie Terry, letter to the Editor, The StarPhoenix, May 4, 2000, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | |
interesting material has come to light on this subject (May 25, 2000) see: http://www.icbc.com/oldrecover/Volume10/Number2/articles/bounds.htm |