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Old 10-08-2008, 04:10 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by MikeWaters View Post
Poor kid with no insurance gets leukemia.

Treatment, if given, is highly successful, but expensive.

Society has moved and is moving to the position that this poor kid should not be allowed to die, but that it is for the common good that he be saved, at common expense.
Bad example. Expectations are different for kids. We don't expect kids to be responsible for much.
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