11-03-2007, 07:43 PM | #76 |
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11-04-2007, 01:07 AM | #77 |
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Should a government, whose function is enforcing the civil peace, emphasis on the -force-, really be in the business of selling insurance? Seems to this libertarian that it should really be done as part of the service industry portion of the private sector. There's too much of "the gov't oughtta this and oughtta that."
Government agencies are never as monetarily efficient as private-enterprise endeavors, so their functions should be confined solely to those endeavors a society considers necessary, but which no one really can manage to make a profit at. Most of these functions are protective of the society overall or coercive, largely both, as in military expenditures. This function is analagous to the horns on an antelope or a deer: they entail a cost to the productive metabolism of the body, but function for the protection or perpetuation of that body. And the number of adult Americans without health coverage who could really make use of it is much much smaller than alleged by people who think the socialist model of health care is the perfect model of health care.
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11-04-2007, 04:58 AM | #78 |
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Hmmm... I don't recall anyone saying the socialist model of health care is perfect.
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(Kami means god or godly. Thus Fuku no kame was probably fuku no kami.) So I was wondering, Tora no Kaze ... why did you name yourself Wind of the Tiger? Tiger of the wind sounds poetic, but as it is it sounds like some serious feline flatulence. Is that really what you meant? Puzzled, of the Orient.
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11-04-2007, 10:14 AM | #80 |
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tigerfarts is an awesome name!
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11-04-2007, 10:50 AM | #81 |
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Someone in China is probably using Tigerfarts as an aphrodisiac.
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11-04-2007, 11:14 AM | #82 | |
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11-07-2007, 06:42 PM | #83 | |
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Either way it is my birth year and my moon element.
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11-07-2007, 10:05 PM | #84 |
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How about Fart of the Megacat? :p
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11-07-2007, 10:07 PM | #85 |
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I'm pretty sure (but not willing to bet my reputation) that the "no" indicates possession by the preceding noun.
I am an eigo-no-sensei, an Englishlanguage-'s-teacher. In the visa office I was Ostoraria-no-Zengum, Australia-'s-Zengum. I'm pretty sure you are Tiger-'s-Wind. I still think this is cool despite the fart reference. You could be Kaze-no-Tora but that doesn't sound as good. Maybe, ToraKaze, simply, TigerWind?
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11-07-2007, 10:35 PM | #86 |
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So trolls must be fucked hard then beaten :P
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11-07-2007, 11:17 PM | #87 |
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11-08-2007, 12:02 AM | #89 |
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Troll? Did somebody use the t-word? Now, don' be hatin'... there's nothing wrong with a good troll every now and then. A well-written troll can be a thing of great beauty and delicacy. Don't hate the troll; hate the troller who doesn't know how to use it properly. A troll is just a tool - like a chainsaw or a flamethrower. It all depends on the operator. |
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Teachers generally work for a wage, they don't work to drive up profits. Nurses generally work for a wage, they don't work to drive up profits. Teachers and nurses work hard for a fixed wage, why would doctors be any different? Why are nurses, who deliver care, motivated by the needs of their job and a wage to cover their living costs and yet we only expect Doctors, as caregivers, to be motivated by the ability to increase their earnings through the business model? |
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