[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Graeme Dice:
Thanks for admitting that your statement that you save money with private healthcare was incorrect.

Untrue. I generally eschew unnecessary treatments. After all, I have to pay for this crap out of my own pocket, and if I feel fine, I don't need healthcare. The problem with even more nationalized healthcare is the extremely galling notion that somebody, somewhere, who I couldn't give a rat's *** about, is wasting my money on frivolous treatment for diseases and injuries that *I* would have simply ignored! Ignore it, and it will go away...one way or another. This saves me a lot of money! If you didn't live in a nanny-state, you could try this! Have some sort of problem? Ignore it! The human body is surprisingly resilient and often self-repairing, provided you allow it to do so, rather than crippling its ability to cope by seeking unnecessary treatment.

You're still alive, and I doubt that you are more than 20 years old given your demonstrated maturity level and amount of free time.

You'd be surprised how much free-time you get once you're retired...which is, after all, the entire point of being retired.

I've snipped the rest of your meandering bull**** where you demonstrate, once again, that you are barely a member of humanity thanks to your complete lack of empathy.

Barely, eh? So I still qualify. Good to hear. Complete lack of empathy, eh? Not so. I simply can't bring myself to feel sorry for miserable slackers who can't be bothered to take responsibility for even themselves. You don't see me expecting you to pay for MY healthcare, and I suspect I'll have need of this sooner than you will....but I planned this. If I can't afford it, well, I'll just die. Dying's cheaper, anyway. Why's this such a problem? People these days have such an annoying hang-up about the concept of dying, as if they were somehow entitled to live forever, long after you, yourself, are incapable of supporting your own existence. News for you: Nobody lives forever. If you can't afford to even support your own continued existence, why should I be compelled to do so? If you want charity, you can always take up e-begging. I hear electronic panhandling is all the rage these days. But you know what? Beggars at least earn their handouts honestly, taking them from the people who want to give to them. Can't fault them for that.

[ July 26, 2004, 23:24: Message edited by: Norfleet ]