Thanks NTMed, it is interesting that I read most of his/her posts and was thinking, damn, there are a lot of pricks on these forums, it was not until your message that I realized, they were all the same person.
And to Doc05 - your comments aren't without there own merit, however, you are probably as young as the rest of us, so therefore probably lack the life and professional experience to know (enough about) what you are talking about. And if you are an experienced attending, what are you doing on these forums, that's lame.
I hate surgery - but I afford surgeons their respect, cause they do something I would hate. I also understand that there are times when they're expertise is necessary.
I respect interests - because I think they have a harder job, and that I would never want a surgeon caring for my sick parents, but I think most IM docs know when they need a surgeon to cut somthing out.
The point is, there are limits to every field, and you (doc05) need to realize that the reasons people go into these fields are different. I doubt most IM docs are like "damn, I wish I could cut this person" or that surgeons are like "damn I miss writing long-ass H&Ps". I think there are plenty of surgeons who are happy working like dogs and being absentee parents and i'm sure there are plenty of IMs that get hard ons for their palm pilots and love being considered nerds (no offense to anyone, I am in the latter group)
I also think that Anesthesia would suck, but I'm sure there are plenty of physiology lovers out there who love the lack of respect, the predictable hours, and (in many cases) the fatter paychecks than general surgeons.
Your comments (doc05) really contribute very little to these discussions, and in fact, probably confuse the hell out of some unsuspecting first or second year. All you seem to do is get a hard on by crapping on other people's plans and goals. There is a constructive way to make your claims, but you steer clear of them at all costs. It makes me think that you are the kind of guy who picked on the nerds in high school, or stole lunch money from your younger neighbor, only for it to be stolen by your older neighbor five minutes later. You seem to have some displacement issues for your frustration(s). Even better, I bet you are like Ignatius in "Confederacy of Dunces"
I apologize for the diatribe, but when I realized the same person wrote all those posts, I couldn't help but think I was contributing to these forums by writing this. I doubt I will change your ways, but hopefully, I made others think twice before they show such "TV like" lack of respect for every field that they are not in.
