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"otherwise, yound males in America are mostly not going to get sick enough to need insurance. "Your house is very unlikely to burn down, but I still see having insurance in case it does as a good choice. Even the best pokerplayer should put away money for rent and normal expenses before he take his money to the casino, just in case something goes terribly wrong you are still in decent shape. I like gambling, but to gamle on your health just because you are most likely to not become very sick is just stupid.
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It is a difficult situation though. The government are responsible for the well-being of anyone in their care, and inmates are certainly in the care of the government. So even if this murderer is a piece of **** he can only be sentenced in a fair trial and according to the laws of the nation, and taking away medical assistance would be considered "cruel punishment". If you are in prison you have no opportunities to get a job or make money on your own, so you cant get medical insurance the way people on the outside can. It would be very cruel to let a person die from astma just because he happens to have a criminal record. I remember an "interresting" incident in California a few years back where a person on death row needed a heart transplant, and even if he actually was going to be killed by the government later on they had to pay for the very expensive operation in order to keep him alive so they could execute him later on. The sad part is that there is a limited supply (well I gueess it is a good thing that healthy hearts is in low supply though) of heart, but a long line of people who need a new heart. So in order to keep the inmate alive so he could be executed someone else died while waiting for a new heart. So yes, if you dont have medical insurance but a serious medical condition crime does pay.So murderers are guaranteed health care in the US, but not the single mother working three part-time jobs. Interesting concept isn't it? -
With 75% percent of your paycheck going to the government through various taxes I would hardly call it "free". Or it is free if you dont contribute much to society, but for people who make a decent income the hospital-stay has already been paid for because of the sick tax system we got.You are thinking of players in the US? In my country, Norway, the government takes care of everything for free, even if you are a murderer you will get everything for free for life. -
So I guess that only homosexual judges are qualified to make rulings in cases that deals with discrimination of people based on their sexuality. Only female judges has a saying in cases that deals with gender discrimination. And all cases that deals with Native Americans should be sent to the offended tribe for a decision. Good to know that it isnt racist to claim that only people with the same skin color as yourself has a valid argument.And Caucasian males cant say anything....I mean, lets be real.....You may have a point of view, but how valid is it in this conversation? I mean....did he disrespect you? No, did he imitate you? No..... -
He is obviously a f###### racist, and he owes all of us an apology. That is so insensitive by Chapelle. Doesnt he know that 1.000.000 white European worked as slaves in Africa a few hundred years ago? I thought we were beyond the time when African peopel could humiliate us. I am outraged.Well..I am not. It is true about the European slaves in Africa though. I still dont find it offensive. Maybe I need to take some crybaby-pills...Im not offended by Chappelle doing white face...I only speak for myself....
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That offended me because the "Swedish" girl was wearing lederhosen. Lederhosen is not a part of Swedish culture, it is German or Swiss. People are so ignorant, thinking all blonde Europeans are the same. By the way..it didnt offend me, it was wrong, but who the #### cares?
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I havent posted much on this forum, but I read it occasionally. And while it used to be a poker-forum it has turned out to be just another Democraps vs Repelicans forum lately. And its not like people are trying to agree on aything either, its just propaganda from both camps over and over again. And for no good either, because it seems like everyone has made up their mind a long time ago. I do not agree on Mr. Negreanu on most of his political views, on the global warming issue I am unsure, because I dont think anyone can forsee what the consequences will be. But I am pretty certain that Daniel believe what he believe and says what he says because he hope for a better tomorrow, and so do I. And so do all of us. I just dont understand the flaming and the hatorade against Daniel and against people with other views. We all hope for for the same future basically, we have different views on how to get there, but we shouldnt hate those who want the same. I do respect George W Bush, I find him to be a respectable and honorable guy. I do however undersand that people can disagree with his politics, and that is OK. One can disagree without being rude about it and call them idiots. There are geniouses that vote republican, and there are geniouses that vote democratic, so the "idiot"-mark is worthless.I just hope this can be a site for poker again one day, because there are plenty of places where one can flame about politics. And by the way...Larry Elder for President
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To be honest, I didnt watch that show. But I read about the incidents in the Norwegain newspapers. And it did indeed seem like there were some racism going on there. This Indian Bollywood-actress were humiliated because of her accent, and thats not cool any way you put it. And no, it is not similar to what Daniel did in his Video-blog at all. Daniel was trying to portray a Jamaican, while the people in Big Brother ridiculed this poor woman because of her heritadge and her accent. Danial was just trying to play the role of someone who happens to have a different skincolor than he does, while the BB-people tried to ridicule the woman because who she is.As far as I know Daniel like Jamaicans (who doesnt?), and what he did was not an attempt to be rude or cruel. The incidents in BB-celebrity was the opposite, they were trying to make fun of her... big difference.
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Eh... You do know how the Native Americans first got to America? They walked from Asia to Alaska and further down because it was an ice age, and so much water was in glaziers that N-America and Asia was linked. So the Ice Age was actually responsible for the first Americans to come here in the first place, so I guess not "everybody" died.Everything that was around at the Ice age ended up dead. Ok, not the end of the world per say, but er'body dead is pretty bad.
2/23/2007 Blog
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