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Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition

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On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:16:24 +0100, Homer chiseled
o9olc8-46b.ln1@sky.matrix in stone using Trajan:

> Verily I say unto thee, that DFS spake thusly:
>> On 6/13/2011 7:46 PM, JeffM wrote:
>>>
>>> The cause of Diane's stroke:
>>> A congenital blood vessel defect at the base of her brain stem
>>>
>>> The recommended treatment:
>>> Stents
>>>
>>> The problem:
>>> She has no private medical insurance.
>>>
>>> Let's hear it for the USA and it's 3rd-World health care plan.
>> 
>> You get what you earn in this world, weenie.  Virtually nobody deserves
>> free health care.
> 
> What an evil bastard.
> 
> A woman is critically ill and can't afford proper medical care, and all
> you can do is sneer and brag about your own bulging wallet.
> 
> You better clutch on tight to that wallet DooFy, because I guarantee
> that when the day comes /you/ need help and sympathy, it'll be the only
> friend you have.
> 
> It's a travesty that good people like Ken and Diane have to suffer,
> while monsters like you waste the earth's precious air by breathing.
> They're worth a billion of your kind, DooFuS. All the money in the world
> is not enough to make you a decent human being. I hope you die penniless
> and alone, writhing in agony and crying for help that never comes.

One thing that many (not all) rich people have in common is a belief that 
they are intrinsically better than other people for no other reason than 
that they have more money than others. You see it in the way they treat 
waitstaff at a restaurant: as if they and they alone are worthy of the 
attention of the staff.

Part of believing they are better than others includes the belief that 
they can treat other people like shit without any repercussions because, 
hey, they have money, they MUST be more moral than others or have received 
God's favor.

And before I hear about all the good things that rich people "do" for 
others, I would seriously like to know how much those same people would 
contribute if their contributions were not tax-deductible. In America, 
rich people tend to act largely on their own self-interest, so the 
government had to provide a "what's in it for me" reward for rich people 
to contribute to charity.

It's my understanding that middle class and poor individuals contribute 
far more (as a percentage of their income) to charity than the rich.

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HeliOS update: Diane's condition JeffM <jeffm_@email.com> - 2011-06-13 16:46 -0700
  Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-06-13 23:44 -0400
    Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2011-06-14 17:13 +0100
      Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-06-14 14:53 -0400
        Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2011-06-14 22:51 +0100
      Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2011-06-15 05:16 +0100
        Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition SomeBloke <stuff@stuff.com> - 2011-06-15 08:47 +0000
        Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2011-06-15 10:46 +0100
          Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2011-06-15 19:22 +0100
            Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-06-15 14:26 -0400
        Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition bbgruff <bbgruff@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-06-15 11:21 +0100
          Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition SomeBloke <stuff@stuff.com> - 2011-06-15 10:49 +0000
            Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition JeffM <jeffm_@email.com> - 2011-06-15 12:43 -0700
              Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2011-06-15 15:04 -0500
                Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition "Rick O'Shea" <rick@invalid.com> - 2011-06-15 16:14 -0400
                Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2011-06-15 17:00 -0400
        Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition An Old Friend <an.old@friend.com.invalid> - 2011-06-15 13:09 +0100
        Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2011-06-15 07:18 -0500
          Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition "Rick O'Shea" <rick@invalid.com> - 2011-06-15 09:23 -0400
        Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-06-15 10:26 -0400
          Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition bbgruff <bbgruff@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-06-15 17:14 +0100
            Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition SomeBloke <stuff@stuff.com> - 2011-06-15 16:31 +0000
            Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2011-06-15 13:23 -0400
            Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2011-06-15 22:23 +0100
              Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2011-06-15 23:10 +0100
            Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition Sinister Midget <fardblossom@gmail.com> - 2011-06-15 18:22 -0500
              Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2011-06-16 10:36 +0100
  Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2011-06-14 14:18 +0100

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