Date sent: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:20:27 -0700 (PDT) From: [email protected]
> This is one of the beefs I have with the Canadian system - you can't buy more > under any circumstances (adamantly Single Tier). Sure you can. You want cosmetic surgery to enlarge certain body parts because you want to be an entertainer? Plenty of clinics to serve you. For a fee. Anything medically necessary has to be provided for you. > The idea, as I understand it, > is that wealth is Evil and if anyone has more of something than anyone else > then > Baby Jesus cries. This is true. > Aside from that (and a few other things) they have a good > system with a complete lack of Death Panels, at least evidenced by the fact > that > last time I lived there my 94-year-old neighbor (or neighbour) was offered > knee > replacements. We definitely *do* have Death Panels: we take a backseat to nobody in that regard! (Only problem is that compliance with the orders of a Death Panel is completely voluntary.) ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Shadwell hated all Southeners and, by inference, was standing at the North Pole. - `Good Omens,' Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm http://blog.isc2.org/isc2_blog/slade/index.html http://twitter.com/rslade http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ http://twitter.com/NoticeBored _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
