Are spy cameras increasing hostility between us?
Q. "If you don't break the law you've got nothing to hide" This is the favorite cliche of our authority's propaganda for installing communist spy cameras everywhere. Except the 'thought terminating cliche' is this: "Everybody breaks the law, so what gives YOU the moral high ground to spy on my activities" Examples: Who hasn't stolen office stationery, broken the speed limit, evaded taxes, kileld an innocent protestor or started an illegal war? Wouldn't it be more sensible to treat rules more like guidelines, as our politicians do; Or does this mean we can insist of further increasing the general hostility introduced by spy cameras by installing them in politicians' bedrooms to make sure they're not committing any sex crimes that would… [cont.]
Asked by Dante B - Tue Jul 21 03:15:09 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Unfortunately, cameras are a necessary evil. For example, wouldn't you want a nanny cam in your house if you had someone babysitting your kid? Cameras are the perfect witnesses, they never lie and they show you exactly what they see. Should the government have more cameras (i.e. red light cameras, CCTV cameras in Britain), no. I would rather the government have less invasion in our lives, not more. Should businesses be allowed to install cameras, yes. It's their money. Regarding your statement about politicians, if you think that your politicians don't respect the rules, get a group of like-minded people together and get them kicked out. And find a candidate that will follow the rules. Response: I realize that cameras can be misused.… [cont.]
Answered by Tell the truth & shame the devil - Tue Jul 21 03:36:10 2009

U.K. / Euro / Canadian inhabitants of the civilized world: Do you approve of socialized healthcare?
Q. (I have asked this question before I am attempting to pile up a large cross-section of responses please feel free to comment even if you have already done so previously) I argue with U.S. compatriots on a nearly daily basis over socialized healthcare versus profit-oriented-private-e nterprise healthcare (Egads! The phrase alone sends shivers down my spine.) For those of you without the benefit of direct experience, profit-oriented-private-e nterprise healthcare is the healthcare system in which a private enterprise with a profit motive determines the care and treatment of the patient, haggling with doctors over diagnoses and treatment, and weighing profit and loss against the value of the patient s life, which quite frequently… [cont.]
Asked by - nokilleye - - Fri Feb 27 10:42:19 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I am in UK and we benefit greatly from the National Health Service. I was in the States recently and spoke to an epileptic woman. She had been undergoing a long course of tests and treatment and the cost of it blew my mind. How the hell do people afford to pay medical bills that run into hundreds of thousands of dollars? What if you just don't have the money? Do they just watch you die??? A portion of my income tax goes directly to fund social healthcare for everyone in the UK and this means that any time I need medical treatment I can go to my doctor or go to Accident and Emergency at the local hospital and *know* that I will be treated. It doesn't matter if I've just blown my savings on a new car or if it is the week before I get paid. I… [cont.]
Answered by Fifi L'amour - Fri Feb 27 17:17:34 2009

U.K. / Euro / Canadian inhabitants of the civilized world: Do you approve of socialized healthcare?
Q. (I have asked this question before I am attempting to pile up a large cross-section of responses please feel free to comment even if you have already done so previously) I argue with U.S. compatriots on a nearly daily basis over socialized healthcare versus profit-oriented-private-e nterprise healthcare (Egads! The phrase alone sends shivers down my spine.) For those of you without the benefit of direct experience, profit-oriented-private-e nterprise healthcare is the healthcare system in which a private enterprise with a profit motive determines the care and treatment of the patient, haggling with doctors over diagnoses and treatment, and weighing profit and loss against the value of the patient s life, which quite frequently… [cont.]
Asked by - nokilleye - - Fri Feb 27 10:43:41 2009 - - 10 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Americans have too get this fixation with anything that is in the general interest (In this case Universal health-care) as Socialism. Its not Socialism! American are losing out because of it. The word is banded about by big Business,Libertarians, Conservatives, Insurance providers and the people who have a fixation about Government interference in their lives. Its just simply not true. A universal health-care system that works is a wonderful thing and the duty of any government to introduce and is a reflection of a caring Civilised society, I really cant see why an Insurance company can make a medical decision on your behalf if you can afford it if you are in need of health-care or an operation? that's a private company interfering in your… [cont.]
Answered by Jim J - Fri Feb 27 12:50:33 2009