Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
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From: Tchiowa on 20 Jul 2006 00:45 Mxsmanic wrote: > Dave Frightens Me writes: > > > I think we'll have a bit of warning. > > Here in Paris we've had warnings of 100° F and above for a week. I wonder if France will demonstrate its vaunted medical care system and the high quality of life again this summer when hundreds or thousands die because of the heat and the hospitals can't cope with treating them.
From: Jordi on 20 Jul 2006 03:01 Tchiowa wrote: > Jordi wrote: > > > > We are living the system day to day, > > and ignoring the fact that it's been tried before repeatedly and has > failed repeatedly. You are happy because you get what you want today. > Tomorrow will take care of itself. Right? That is just a tad > short-sighted, don't you think? No, it has not. Again, I don't mind what you're being fed. You are happy because you get to pay expensive health care and the rest will take care of themselves, right? That is just a tad short-sighted, don't you think? J.
From: Mxsmanic on 20 Jul 2006 03:48 Tchiowa writes: > I wonder if France will demonstrate its vaunted medical care system and > the high quality of life again this summer when hundreds or thousands > die because of the heat and the hospitals can't cope with treating > them. The health care system isn't the part that has to change. The country needs to start installing air conditioning. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: The Reid on 20 Jul 2006 04:21 Following up to Dave Frightens Me >>I agree, but I think that's a desirable goal. There isn't any reason >>why human population must perpetually increase. And if it does >>perpetually increase, eventually everyone will starve under the most >>dire conditions, since the resources of the planet are finite. > >I think we'll have a bit of warning. you don't think we are already getting them? Warming, species loss,oil and gas supplies.... -- Mike Reid Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap
From: Dave Frightens Me on 20 Jul 2006 06:17
On 19 Jul 2006 19:01:21 -0700, "Tchiowa" <tchiowa2(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >Dave Frightens Me wrote: >> On 19 Jul 2006 01:46:00 -0700, "Tchiowa" <tchiowa2(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >Quality of life is not just about possessions. But it is also wrong to >> >ignore financial success when considering quality of life. I can afford >> >to eat as often as I want whenever I want. >> >> Obesity is a collosal problem in the US. Are you fat by any chance? > >No, are you? No, I am in good shape as can be seen from my website. >Or did you just run out of logical arguments so you resort >to juvenile taunts? Logic (and the bleedin obvious) never worked on you before. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- -- |