SirGecko

Health care isn't a right any more than finding food is a right or free cable tv is a right. Health care is a commodity and it is something that should be earned. Naturally there are going to be extreme situations in which a government should step in to help but these are *extreme* situations. Rights are the things that Government shouldn't take away, commodities are not rights.

Also anyone that thinks universal socialized health care will increase their access is a little loony. Maybe the poorest of the poor would be able to get some primary care that they otherwise wouldn't come in for but they already use emergency departments for this anyway. (the tab for which the government picks up) Otherwise for any expensive interventions the wait lists can be huge.

One final note for all those pining for socialized health care: for better or worse the US health care system does what you want. If you want to have every procedure possible to give you a couple of more months in the realm of the living, you can do that. In a socialized scheme everything would be up for government approval. Low survivability procedure with a huge cost and not much time gained? No go for a socialized scheme.

Anyway, on topic I'd like to say thanks Joystiq. I knew there was a reason I check this site.

@ number 18

Sure the British empire did a lot of shit, but how is that relevent? The Japanese empire did a lot worse in World War II but that doesn't really effect my opinion of Japanese people in general, so why should the British empire's history of colonialism and explotiation be any different?

Dave is either crazy or joking. I'd like to think he's joking but he's a little annoying none the less.

LOL @ Dave.

(I'm assuming you were trying to be funny)

I don't even like Halo and that commercial made me want to go out and buy a 360 so I could play Halo 3.

When will they ever release a sequel for Alpha Centari? That game rocked! I even liked it better than a lot of the Civ games I've played.

Another game that would be cool to see is a Civ game in which you continue on to Alpha Centauri and manage your empire across two worlds.

You guys are still referencing that PA strip wrong. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Very nice, how much?

You guys seem to be misinterpreting that PA comic. They are saying that you look like a toolbox if you only use the small movements that are necessary, not the other way around.