In These Times

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• • 02 Dec 05
  • 1:41 pm

  Wolf makes a good point. When we encourage the 'taking what we please' mentality, we continually set precedents for lower and lower standards of what is acceptable in terms of upholding the law. It's a domino effect of desensitization. Look at television; we continually rewrite what is and isn't acceptable to engage in on the idiot box based on what simply creates a sensational reaction. But, at the same time, this is government obstinance for the sake of following rules that need to be changed and need to have certain statutes built into them, as well as compromises so everyone stands …

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• • 02 Dec 05
  • 3:27 pm

  Mitch, you are morally right in the way you're thinking, but you're missing one important thing. Privatization provides the necessary culture of competition. We're simple, somewhat greedy animals and we often don't do what is morally right when we should or given the opportunity. Idealogically speaking, Communism should work, but it tends not to. State funded healthcare simply doesn't promote advances in healthcare fast enough or efficiently enough. Many UK doctors lament the fact that the money and impetus aren't there in the NHS to promote advances. Privatization isn't perfect either, but I don't think there really is a perfect system. …

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• • 02 Dec 05
  • 3:49 pm

  I like you Mitch, you play with me and you play fair. Some of the best medical attention I ever received was in the UK. I had a nasty case of something I picked up from a toilet seat (not even doing anything fun no less) and I was taken care of immediately and felt light years better with next to no wait and hassle. But that still doesn't account for the fact that you can't run a business without business men. It's a sad fact of our present world, but it just won't happen. Especially when mass producing things like …

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