The public healthcare system in Ireland is appaling. It is one of the worst in the EU. In a recent appraisal of the A&E hospitals, seven were declared unfit for purpose.
After my mother had a bike accident the 'doctors' in the A&E missed the two breaks in her thumb, which a friend of her's (orthopaedic) spotted instantly.
My girlfriend was told to go home from a hospital after being taken in by ambulance due to a swollen leg with suspected DVT, they wouldn't even do an ultra sound to test her! As it turned out she had a large blood clot in her upper thigh which could have killed her had it dislodged.
I encountered similar levels of incompetence while receiving treatment for a broken scaphoid.
By all means bash the healthcare system in the US, it sounds atrocious. But don't pretend that Ireland has acceptable public healthcare.
come on man, dont complain about this guy knowing nothing about unix security (which he doesnt - i agree with you) and then go make that comment about oasis.
from wikipedia:
Oasis are regularly voted towards the top of many "Greatest of all time" polls, some of which include:
* Observer Music Monthly 100 Greatest British Albums poll, June 2004 #19 Definitely Maybe, #70 (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
* Channel 4 100 Greatest Albums of All Time, April 2005 #6 Definitely Maybe, #15 (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
* NME's 100 Best Albums of All Time, 2003 #13 Definitely Maybe, #37 (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
* Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Albums of All Time, 2003 #8 Definitely Maybe, #22 (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
* Q Magazine's 50 Greatest Bands List, 2004 #13 Oasis
* Virgin Radio's 100 Greatest British Artists, 2003 #3 Oasis
* Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Gigs, 2004 #3 Oasis - Knebworth 1996
* SPIN magazine's Top 100 Albums from 1985-2005 #28 Definitely Maybe
* Q Magazine's 50 Best British Albums Ever, July 2003 #1 Definitely Maybe
* Q Magazine Reader's 100 Greatest Albums, January 2005 &mdash #5 Definitely Maybe, #8 (What's The Story) Morning Glory
Christians would like proper credence paid to differing viewpoints
Do you mean that 'Christians' would like ID to be taught in schools? ID is complete pseudo-science bullshit and lots of reasonable Christians know this.
Some of the most influential scientists such as Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, Boyle, Faraday and Pasteur.
That sentence makes no sense at all
Anyhow, what exactly would be wrong with a Christian republic?
Look at Iran for a shining example of a Muslim Republic, I dont think it worked out too well for them.
if there were no concept that humans were free beings (in the image of God), there would be no reason to allow the unlucky a say in the Res Publicae, and no reason not to accept the king's existence as a divine mandate
If there were no concept of God, there would also be no reason to accept any 'divine mandate' (including the king's existence as a divine mandate). So I think claiming that christianity is behind Democracy is a weak argument.
Just because something contains the word "sex" doesn't make it funny
You are dead right.
the comparison is actually quite good
You might think that the analogy of paying to put one's dick into some woman (who has had a thousand other dicks in her) versus the Kiwis paying a professional company to provide a solid IT infrastructure is a good one. I think it is ludicrous (and funny), hence I was surprised that it was modded insightful rather than funny.
You completely missed my point, which was that your statement (saying that 'Christian hating killers' kill Christians because of religion) was so obviously true as to be pointless.
If the concept is beyond you I won't be supervised as it seems...
Is this some sort of joke? Do you honestly not know the difference between the word surprised and the word surprised?
Never forget that violence, either inflicted or the threat of it, is what makes the world go round. The only difference that 'civilized society' has is we let the police and goverment do it for us, rather than having to do it ourselves.
I'd say Jesus would probably have disagreed with you on that one
What happened in London was a terrible tragedy and an awful crime against innocent civillians, but it happens all the time in other parts of the world.
Noone gives a sh1t when a bunch of civillians in Iraq/Afghanistan/Israel die at the hands of the US/Britain/Hamas, yet when it happens closer to home you start abusing techies about wanting to talk about he things that interest them?
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Yeah, I reckon they should pay the nurses more, and hire a bunch more. Nurses get a rough deal
Fair enough, I'm not sure that means you get 'quality health care' though
The public healthcare system in Ireland is appaling. It is one of the worst in the EU. In a recent appraisal of the A&E hospitals, seven were declared unfit for purpose.
After my mother had a bike accident the 'doctors' in the A&E missed the two breaks in her thumb, which a friend of her's (orthopaedic) spotted instantly.
My girlfriend was told to go home from a hospital after being taken in by ambulance due to a swollen leg with suspected DVT, they wouldn't even do an ultra sound to test her! As it turned out she had a large blood clot in her upper thigh which could have killed her had it dislodged.
I encountered similar levels of incompetence while receiving treatment for a broken scaphoid.
By all means bash the healthcare system in the US, it sounds atrocious. But don't pretend that Ireland has acceptable public healthcare.
You are pretty gullible
come on man, dont complain about this guy knowing nothing about unix security (which he doesnt - i agree with you) and then go make that comment about oasis.
from wikipedia:
Oasis are regularly voted towards the top of many "Greatest of all time" polls, some of which include:
* Observer Music Monthly 100 Greatest British Albums poll, June 2004 #19 Definitely Maybe, #70 (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
* Channel 4 100 Greatest Albums of All Time, April 2005 #6 Definitely Maybe, #15 (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
* NME's 100 Best Albums of All Time, 2003 #13 Definitely Maybe, #37 (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
* Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Albums of All Time, 2003 #8 Definitely Maybe, #22 (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
* Q Magazine's 50 Greatest Bands List, 2004 #13 Oasis
* Virgin Radio's 100 Greatest British Artists, 2003 #3 Oasis
* Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Gigs, 2004 #3 Oasis - Knebworth 1996
* SPIN magazine's Top 100 Albums from 1985-2005 #28 Definitely Maybe
* Q Magazine's 50 Best British Albums Ever, July 2003 #1 Definitely Maybe
* Q Magazine Reader's 100 Greatest Albums, January 2005 &mdash #5 Definitely Maybe, #8 (What's The Story) Morning Glory
Do you mean that 'Christians' would like ID to be taught in schools? ID is complete pseudo-science bullshit and lots of reasonable Christians know this.
That sentence makes no sense at all
Look at Iran for a shining example of a Muslim Republic, I dont think it worked out too well for them.
You lying peasant,
Almost all of those quotes were made my GWB.
Dick
If there were no concept of God, there would also be no reason to accept any 'divine mandate' (including the king's existence as a divine mandate). So I think claiming that christianity is behind Democracy is a weak argument.
hear hear
Yes
I do understand what you are saying though, clearly you like you relationships with sexual partners to be purely professional.
You are dead right.
You might think that the analogy of paying to put one's dick into some woman (who has had a thousand other dicks in her) versus the Kiwis paying a professional company to provide a solid IT infrastructure is a good one. I think it is ludicrous (and funny), hence I was surprised that it was modded insightful rather than funny.
paediatric doctor (children) = paediatrician (saves 2 words / 15 keystrokes)
Like my logic?
Oh right. It's a joke, not a mistake, I get it :)
Wow. When I read your post I thought it was a joke and would probably be modded funny, in fact it has been modded insightful?
Was it not Yoda that said the quote in your sig?
You spellcheck your posts?
Replace the last words of previous post with "surprised and the word supervised" - I do know the difference
You completely missed my point, which was that your statement (saying that 'Christian hating killers' kill Christians because of religion) was so obviously true as to be pointless.
Is this some sort of joke? Do you honestly not know the difference between the word surprised and the word surprised?
So, let me get this straight, you are saying that those muslims who are 'Christian hating killers', kill christians because of religion.
Nice work, Holmes.
I'd say Jesus would probably have disagreed with you on that one
You really have a problem with the Euros dont you?
nice work
Level-headed, concise, factual... nice counter argument :)
What happened in London was a terrible tragedy and an awful crime against innocent civillians, but it happens all the time in other parts of the world.
Noone gives a sh1t when a bunch of civillians in Iraq/Afghanistan/Israel die at the hands of the US/Britain/Hamas, yet when it happens closer to home you start abusing techies about wanting to talk about he things that interest them?
If you pay your tax in dollars then you will be glad to know that your tax will not be wasted on this system.
It is for Europe.