What is the most disturbing is the fact that today, the mere mention of the word God is treated like bad word here in the US.
No. What\'s most disturbing is that people are willing to follow a book instead of their own common sense. I think that\'s what bothers me the most about all of this and the utter stubborness from people who take that stance making themselves unwilling to try and see things from the other side of the fence.
How can one such as myself be not religous in the least have no problem with Christianity or God? Easily - it is called tolerance and respect for someone who has faith.
I do this all the time as well and it\'s not difficult in the slightest, but that\'s not the problem most people have with religious sects. Everytime groups of people want to progress forward with lifstyle changes and new ways of doing things or new technologies, there\'s always a bible thumper proclaiming we\'re all going to hell or we\'re all bringing about armageddon. I don\'t tolerate that kind of crap. I don\'t have tolerance for people at my school passing out fliers claiming I should back Bush because God is on his side. I don\'t like that abortion clinics are blown apart or firebombed because people think the woman\'s right to choose is the wrong thing to have. None of my friends who are religious do these things, but there are plenty of other extremists out there who do. That\'s what makes tolerance for
all religious worshippers difficult.
I know someone who goes to school and works three part-time jobs.
I wouldn\'t call her a lazy ass Giga.
For a while I worked two jobs and didn\'t get any healthcare. I would get up for work at 7 or so and usually get home around 12:30, 1am. Saying I was a lazy ass is insulting.
What if there was a government-funded health care option that stood as an alternative to private practice?
-Dan
Yup. My mom did the same thing for me and my brother when we were much younger. I found Giga\'s post in reference to that equally insulting and moronic.
You rid the US of private practices you would have a revolt on your hands... see this is what you don\'t get Ryu... we are not a socialist country and what you are proposing is ridiculous. Private practices under goverment control? Never will happen. If you want that move to Canada and enjoy their crappy healthcare.
I\'m saying that we could implement a system that\'s different, I said it many times, and yet you keep naming examples of countries with smaller populations where it doesn\'t work all too well, but know this -- with every example you give, each country is considered to be a FAR better place to live then the US. Why do you think that is? Why is the best places to live in the world in Europe and not in the US? If our system was so great and wonderful, you\'d think people would be flocking to us, but all we get are the people who don\'t have a choice one way or the other.
And lastly, this whole "you don\'t like it, get out" stance is total bullshit on your part, Giga. This is why so MANY people hate Bush because he acts in that same pig headed moronic little bubble that our way is the best way no matter how much trouble and crap it causes. It\'s the unwillingness to even consider the prospect of something better or something different that makes everything so screwed up in this world. The unwillingness to accept that your way of thinking could be wrong or that it can\'t be changed. I\'m not going to talk about my ideas anymore because I present them and you just call it socialist and that\'s that. You don\'t even consider if it could work, you don\'t even care. It\'s your way or the high way so screw it. If that\'s the kind of tolerance you were talking about in your post up there, then I don\'t want any part of it.
