Surgery VS Ransom

[freshnesschronic]

Yeah man. Shit happens. Life's hard. Get a helmet. I don't think its very comparable at all, in my opinion.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

...If you have a bad heart, you die. If you have 250K to spare, you live. no ransom. just no communism, either.

Originally Posted by freshnesschronic

Yeah man. Shit happens. Life's hard. Get a helmet. I don't think its very comparable at all, in my opinion.

How about if it was your kid, and you had no health insurance?

Do you think it's communism to help someone who is truly in need, just to survive?

[jinx]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

How about if it was your kid

Oh I just hate it when people say that. Do your beliefs, morals, convictions, whatever, go right out the window when your own family is involved??? Yuk.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by jinx

Oh I just hate it when people say that. Do your beliefs, morals, convictions, whatever, go right out the window when your own family is involved??? Yuk.

That kind of question puts things in perspective, and many people's "beliefs, morals, convictions" change. For instance, Dick Cheney's issue with his lesbian daughter, and stem cell research opponents when Dutch Reagan bit the big one.

I'm disgusted at the "I say let them die" attitude soem people have. Especially when they have a different feeling when it hits close to home.

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

How about if it was your kid, and you had no health insurance?

I'd do what it takes to save my kid. I wouldn't demand that you do it.

I'm disgusted at the "I say let them die" attitude soem people have. Especially when they have a different feeling when it hits close to home.

i'm disgusted by the bald faced entitlement some people exhibit.

I didn't say let them die. But no one owes you a heart if yours doesn't work.

You put this retarded analogy up there and expect people to treat it seriously? Really. re-read it. it's retarded.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

I'd do what it takes to save my kid. I wouldn't demand that you do it.

Nobody's demanding anything. Obviously, there could be a scenario where you couldn't "do what it takes". What then?

Originally Posted by lumberjim

i'm disgusted by the bald faced entitlement some people exhibit.

You view this as "entitlement"?

Originally Posted by lumberjim

I didn't say let them die.

I was responding to this, not you.

Originally Posted by freshnesschronic

Yeah man. Shit happens. Life's hard. Get a helmet.

Originally Posted by lumberjim

You put this retarded analogy up there and expect people to treat it seriously? Really. re-read it. it's retarded.

People ARE treating it seriously. Even you. Does that make you retarded?

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Nobody's demanding anything.

Why sure they are. All of the latest democratic pundits are preaching it. People who are supporting allowing illegal aliens to stay in this country are preaching it. People who think they deserve a handout are demanding it.

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

People ARE treating it seriously. Even you. Does that make you retarded?

yes! yes, it does. thanks.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

yes! yes, it does. thanks.

No no - thank you!