How is someone taking responsibility for his own expenses making anything worse? What underlying issues are solved by socialized healthcare as opposed to people simply taking responsibility for their own healthcare?Laihendi

The governmental goal of providing affordable and quality healthcare to all it's citizens, not just the ones able to pay?

Question - do you also support the removal of EMTALA?

Someone taking responsibility for his own life and expenses rather than having the government steal money from people to buy stuff for others is in no way the equivalent of having your house catch on fire and dumping gasoline on it to try to put it out. That is one of the worst analogies I have ever seen.Laihendi

The issue is that you're only makes the problem worse. It in no way solves the underlying issues (besides being completely unreasonable at this point). Hence the analogy. Honestly, if that was Ron Paul's actual suggestion, that probably the greatest amount of idiocy I've seen expressed on the issue. I'd wager an hour of research could have avoided that.

And then when you have someone like Ron Paul arguing against medicair and medicaid and saying you shoud just be responsible for your own medical expenses instead of having the government take your money and spend it for you, he gets accused of hating poor and old people. The things they say and believe are just very irrational.

Laihendi

Because that would be equivalent to having your house catch fire, and then dumping gasoline on it to try to put it out. It's a stupid, naive, and idiotic "solution" that would quicly erode healthcare in for the vast majority of people. Maybe he doesn't hate old/poor people, but he's either willing to let them suffer or he's just spouting off "personal liberty" talking points without actually thinking them through. Probably both.

Black or not the word shouldn't be used, but due to society and media it has become a very accepted word in the Black community and, as of recent, other communities as well.

No I don't use the word.

Note: I'm Black.

lowkey254

I disgaree. I use the world daily, and frequently call my Hispanic/Asian/White friends whatever the closest equivalent I can think of.

I find the underlying intent to be more important than a singular word, seeing as how it can be used both as a term of endearment and an insult.

Note: Also black, and actively encourage others to say the word so we can finally tell the good jokes =P

Interestingly enough, as a black man, this thread has insulted me more than any video games has and whoever wrote that article is over-thinking things too much.

The more articles I read about architecture the happier I am I got a minor in Computer Science.

Explain this: [quote="linked article"] The darts reflect blacks resistance to interracial romance. They also are a reflection of discomfort with a man who has smashed barriers in one of Americas whitest sports and assumed the mantle of the worlds most famous athlete, once worn by Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan. But Woods has declined to identify himself as black, and famously chose the term Cablinasian (Caucasian, black, Indian and Asian) to describe the racial mixture he inherited from his African-American father and Thai mother. This vexed some blacks, but it hasnt stopped them from claiming Woods as one of their own. Or from disapproving of his marriage to Elin Nordegren, despite blacks historical fight against white racist opponents of mixed marriage.WhiteKnight77

Title of the Article: Tiger Woods' Troubles Widen His Distance From Some BlackAmericans

"Some" being the key word here. Since when did "some" become the base to make sweeping generalization for "all".

Some humans are despicable people that enjoy causing people pain =/= All humans are despicable people that enjoy causing people pain. Yes, some black people do have strange patriotic-like fascinations of race, but if you could say the same of any race. From my experience, the only contributing factor seems to be older people who rarely, if ever, break out their comfort zone and actually try to get to know what other races go through.

Also, from the article:

1) Although a recent Pew poll showed that 94 percent of blacks say its all right for blacks and whites to date...

This directly shows how poor your point is. Did you even read the entire article?

2)A study published this year in Sociological Quarterly showed that blacks are less likely to actually date outside their race than are other groups.

While it's easy to assume this is due to blacks "lying" about their opinions, in regard to the first point, it could just as easily be to any number of factors such as proximity to black women, and stronger sexual preference for members of the same race, and who knows what else.

I think that's how white people really feel about minorities they just come on the internet to vent about it.Its funny that people label them as trolls,oh please those are your average joes that smile in your damn face everyday.Bucked20

Blacks are the same way, especially when someone doesn't claim black heritage.WhiteKnight77

How about you both stop making wild generalizations based on race :?

As for the topic at hand, I suspect Yahoo is still many people's front page, and thus most of the general ignorance that the internet collects tends to bunch up there. Don't worry though, you search long enough and you'll find other places equally as bad, on both sides of the political fence and from all manners of people.

[QUOTE="Abbeten"]i'm still stunned that people honestly and truly think that everyone lives in a bubble and the only things that affect their state of being are their own choicesVuurk

Conversely, the last homeless woman I spoke to in downtown Chicago had been fired by her job and had no family willing to take her in. Neither one of those things seems to have been her choice.

Of course, neither my nor your example proves anything being that we can't realistically extrapolate them to larger populations. I am curious though. If I had to guess by your posts I'd guess you never actually lived near the poverty line. Would I be correct in assuming you've had a relatively nice life, access to schools, and supportive family/friends?

It's the person who receives the insult that decides to be offended or not. Black people don't make a big deal out of being called n!ggers anymore. Take notes.

And it's also just as amazing that you're thinking I'm trying to defend him while in fact I only said I shared the thought he expressed.

N30F3N1X

Yeah, I remember when Michael Richards said said the n-word. That worked out well for him. No black people were offended at all.

As a black person myself, I don't really care for the word unless its used in a hurtful way. But you're pretty out of touch if you think the majority of black people aren't offended by the term, which you're probably confusing with the word "n!gga" which black people use jokingly and as a term of endearment amongst themselves.