Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
Ron Johnson wrote:
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> On 03/05/07 03:06, Paul Johnson wrote:
>> s. keeling wrote:
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>>> Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>:
>>>> Steve Lamb wrote:
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>>>>> Paul Johnson wrote:
>>>>>> Totalitarianism and socialism aren't mutually exclusive, but neither
>>>>>> is
>>>>> any
>>>>>> other economic and political model combination. Correlation without
>>>>> causation.
>>>>>
>>>>> They're not mutually exclusive because they are the same.
>>>>> Personal
>>>>> liberty is economic liberty! You can't have one without the other.
>>>>> Any political movement which curtails economic liberty is directly
>>>>> curtailing personal liberty.
>>>> We'll see if you keep saying that next time you need an operation not
>>>> covered by private health insurance.
>>> Uh huh. Move to Canada. Need a hip replacemnt? Six to eighteen
>>> months wait, tops. Catscan? A year and a half, assuming you don't
>>> get bumped by higher priority cases.
>>>
>>> You're dreaming.
>>>
>>> Socialism doesn't work for the guy on the street.
>>
>> The guy on the street doesn't need a hip replacement or a cat scan. A
>> guy in the street needs coverage for more routine stuff like checkups and
>> the emergency broken arm case.
>
> What utter and complete sh*t.
>
> How do *you* know that the "guy on the street" isn't in pain from a
> degenerative (hip) bone disease or a head trauma or maybe cancer?
I'm going by the odds just like you were. Nice straw man: Attack other
people for using the same tactic you were.
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