On 7/13/2012 8:16, BOB KLAHN -> JOHN MASSEY wrote:   
      
    BK>   ...   
      
    BK>>>   Doctors make up the biggest single group in the 1%.   
      
    JM>> I hope you will understand if I don't believe you.   
      
    BK>   Have you ever done any research on the subject?   
      
   Have you?   
      
    BK>   ...   
      
    JM>>>> I asked what rights, gave examples of some things that   
    JM>>>> misinformed people think are rights and expressed my   
      
    BK>>>   I happen to think those things *ARE* rights, if our society   
    BK>>>   decides they are.   
      
    JM>> Then once again you would be wrong. Your "right" cannot   
    JM>> cost another person anything.   
      
    BK>   Then you have no actual rights.   
      
   Sure  I do. Freedom of speech doesn't cost anything.   
      
    JM>>>> opinion.  You chose not to answer the question. Instead you   
    JM>>>> assume that these are my pet peeves and make accusations   
    JM>>>> about me putting words in your mouth.   
      
    BK>>>   He was right on that one.   
      
    JM>> No He is trying to put words in my mouth.   
      
    BK>   Which is what you did to him.   
      
    BK>>>   ...   
      
    JM>>>> Selfish attitudes?   
    JM>>>> What do you think is selfish?   
      
    BK>>>   I would say any attitude that ends up with what is to your   
    BK>>>   advantage is right, and if it leaves others suffering it doesn't   
    BK>>>   matter.   
      
    JM>> So it is your right to take money away from those that have   
    JM>> it and give it to you to pay for your medical care?   
    JM>> That's sick.   
      
    BK>   It's sick that you offered that suggestion. I am one who is   
    BK>   paying into the tax system that pays for other's medical care.   
      
      
      
    BK>   OTOH, I am a Christian.   
      
   So you say. I bet you are still practicing because you can't seem to get it   
   right.   
      
      
    BK>   If you chose to live in this society you have to live with the   
    BK>   rules of this society. BTW, as long as hospitals are required to   
    BK>   provide emergency room care without regard for ability to pay,   
    BK>   you have to live with that. Or you can suggest the alternative,   
    BK>   if you can't pay you die.   
      
   So if you can't take care of yourself, you need big brother to strong arm   
   others for protection. And you think that's just fine?   
      
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