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[quote who="Daiwa" reply="145" id="2343904"] I read my local newspaper, the New York Times, Newsweek, HuffPo and other fundamentally leftist organs - occasionally I find stuff I agree with there - but the source doesn't change the substance. People with similar belief systems naturally aggregate - there's nothing malign about that and to dismiss substantive arguments as unworthy of discussion on the sole basis of who put them forward or the forum they appeared in is the height of i

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[quote who="WIllythemailboy" reply="50" id="2343903"] Yes, I did. And I'll lighten up when you get a clue. Looks like we'll both be waiting a while. [/quote] [e digicons]:\[/e] Why do people take such offense with strangers? You draw rather harsh conclusions for someone who does not know me, nor has ever directly confronted me without such bitter resentment. In the interest of keeping the peace, I am going to resign from this hostile thread. Feel free to attack

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[quote who="WIllythemailboy" reply="143" id="2343895"] Nice cop out. Anything you don't feel like answering, or simply can't answer, is just not important enough for your limited time, right? [/quote] Considering that I have to stand up against a tag team of ideological allies, it is quite time-consuming. It is difficult to debate an opponent who is outnumbered and afforded no courtesy, yes? Also, you call me a troll and then hop threads to come harass me without con

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WIlly, did you bother reading the entire thread? Also, lighten up.

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[quote who="cuckaroucha" reply="139" id="2343872"] By the way, good debators don't leave anything unanswered. So here's the rapid fire of stuff you ignored: [/quote] Not everyone has the luxury of spending limitless time penning responses to forum posts. I participate in these discussions between writing emails and revising reports. I apologize, but I cannot and will not respond to every comment directed at me, especially when I have multiple raving, opinionated members assa

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[quote who="Neilo" reply="46" id="2343857"]Damn...and i thought this was going to be a funny thread to keep track of..... But no.....ya'll have to go ruin it with all this BS. (sigh) [/quote] They started it! [e digicons]:-"[/e]

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[quote who="cuckaroucha" reply="136" id="2343845"] At my school in San Francisco, and a lot of people want to become doctors for the money and social status, not for the joy of helping people. In addition, you yourself has said that some doctors are in it for money. If I were to assume your position for the rest of this sentence, has it occured to your that possibly my doctor was a "refugee" and thus I might have different views from you, who has acquaintences with doctors.<br

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[quote who="the_Monk" reply="134" id="2343839"] Melchiz, Making statments such as "You couldn't pay me to receive care there..." when the London Health Sciences Centre is recognized as one of north america's premier teaching hospitals where (believe it or not.....those doctors you'd rather see at the Mayo etc. have studied) DOES in fact show your age. Please feel free to keep digging! -- monk out [/quote] Unfortunately, most

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[quote who="the_Monk" reply="131" id="2343820"] Please read my first posting to this thread (on page 1). As a result of that accident I received care at one of north america's teaching hospitals (http://www.lhsc.on.ca/About_Us/LHSC/Who_We_Are/Medical_Breakthroughs.htm) the "London Health Sciences Centre" which is certainly no sub-standard hospital by any measure. Take a guess at what it cost me? Nothing. the Monk [/quote] You couldn't pay m

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[quote who="cuckaroucha" reply="130" id="2343819"] After all, doctors exist to help me heal myself, so I'd rather be seen as a human being instead of a bag of symptoms and a paycheck. [/quote] Please, PLEASE go up to a physician and say that. To even suggest that the majority of doctors are in it primarily for money is absolute foolishness. There are many jobs that are less demanding and far more rewarding in terms of pay. As someone who works in medicine and has spent

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[quote who="Exterm123" reply="7" id="2343813"]I didn't get a PM [/quote] Have a brew instead! [e digicons]:beer:[/e]

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[quote who="the_Monk" reply="128" id="2343801"] Melchiz, You're one to talk. Where exactly did you find your facts? Your statements about medical professionals in Cuba being "medics" and the cost of american drugs being ridiculously priced because of R&D costs...... lmao! Wiki-friendly indeed! You think for one second that the US would have the medical talent within its borders that it does at the moment if it wasn't for the fact th

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[quote who="cuckaroucha" reply="126" id="2343799"] If you're going to say wikipedia is untrustworth on said topic, prove that it's wrong. [/quote] Have you ever read the discussion/talk page for a controversial Wikipedia article?

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[quote who="Zyxpsilon" reply="43" id="2343758"]Truth is, in itself, argumentative -- unless proven false. Better to laugh than to try contradict reason though when you can't admit you're (somehow) wrong... that also applies to me, btw. [/quote] Given that your ideology is far closer to Jonnan's than mine, I'm not surprised by your statement. Bias is, in itself, argumentative, unless proven -- what? I don't know, I just like to make up pseudo-intellectual lin

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[quote who="Jonnan001" reply="41" id="2343739"] I start with a presumption that any given person merits respect. Frankly, you have debunked that presumption in record time - but that is *my* emotional response to you. [/quote] I am quite proud of this accomplishment. It's not every day that you get to annoy someone so much by doing so little.

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[quote who="cuckaroucha" reply="124" id="2343683"] Wikipedia agrees with me. On a side note, I know at least one reasons why medicare is costing so much: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_Prescription_Drug,_Improvement,_and_Modernization_Act quick quote from that: "it prohibits the Federal government from negotiating discounts with drug companies;" -- so if I were the CEO of a perscription drug company, I'd want to charge Medicare a l

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Jonnan001 : Relying on personal attacks such as "you are quite simply trying to lie" and calling me "limbaugh-like" pretty much disqualifies your abilities in debate, unless of course, you wish to appeal to emotion over reason, which, surprise, is another logical fallacy. I am disappointed in your lack of diplomatic abili

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Alright, good luck. [e digicons]|-)[/e]

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[quote who="jewboyfresh" reply="2" id="2342820"]im new to all of this so im sorry if i offended you i just cant find a button for serial number, could this be because I am running version 1.00? im sorry i am just trying to get some help [/quote] Now I feel guilty for trampling such a naive creature. [e digicons]8|[/e] Did you purchase the retail version of the game, or did you download it from Stardock/Impulse? If you purchased the boxed version and cannot fin

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Why are you PMing random people for help with this? Seriously, have you no manners? I have never posted in the Sins forums, so how do you even know that I own the game or can help you with your issue? Email [email protected] for cd-key-related problems. Or, you know, you could do this: [quote]Under your start menu, Programs > Stardock Games > Sins of A Solar Empire > Sins Launcher. Then click on the button for serial number. T

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[quote who="Jonnan001" reply="31" id="2342802"] You've gone over the border from "Badly mistakenland" you're in "Deceitfulograd". I'm sorry, but at this point you are quite simply trying to lie about what I said in a clever limbaugh-like ignore the context fashion in order to make an easily debunk-able straw-man. Stop it. It's dishonest and disrespectful of those around you whom you think are too stupid to notice. Jonnan [/quote]</p

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Alright then, let's look at what was said: [quote]Right - we'll have *Congress* write out the actual regulations, because we have in fact 538 insurance spoecialists here . . . no, wait, instead of having the worlds most powerful committee micromanage the entire thing, lets instead have them set up a framework, and then have the 'executive' branch (So named because it actually 'executes' the laws) set up some form of regulatory implementation of that framework. You know, lik

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[quote who="Jonnan001" reply="27" id="2342719"] Your comments suffer from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_premise Given that false premise is a formal term with an exact meaning, one would presume that someone familiar with it would have noticed either that A: in order to make such a charge, one has to actually both state and debunk the premise they consider incorrect, or B: my comment is in the form of sarcasm, and does not even loosely follow the form of a sy

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[quote who="Jonnan001" reply="24" id="2342671"] Right - we'll have *Congress* write out the actual regulations, because we have in fact 538 insurance spoecialists here . . . no, wait, instead of having the worlds most powerful committee micromanage the entire thing, lets instead have them set up a framework, and then have the 'executive' branch (So named because it actually 'executes' the laws) set up some form of regulatory implementation of that framework. You know, like we

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[quote who="Aroddo" reply="104" id="2342589"] Drugs in the USA are tremendously overprized. Famous example: Asthma inhalers apparently cost up to 120$ in USA and 0,05$ in Cuba. Pharma coorporations succeeded in outlawing drug imports from countries like Canada to protect their profits. Shouldn't free market rules apply? [/quote] This is one of the most misinformed, naive statements I have read in this thread. Do you have any idea why drug costs are so high in the US? D