EFerrari
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Sat Feb-12-11 03:58 PM
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| 28. The tactic has at least two layers. On one, she signals to the corporations |
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that she is on there side as they bilk the people -- via cutting public services instead of asking them to pay reasonable taxes.
On the other layer, she appeals to people who have been brainwashed into believing that government is bad and should get no funds to spend at all. Who believe that paying for a rape kit is akin to a communist take over of their retirement funds. These people are in a minority but they provide cover for our elections which aren't very democratic.
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| -Hey, American Guys. I do not know your country. If you are ASSAULTED do you pay for treatment? |
sibelian |
Feb-12-11 03:03 PM |
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You pay for treatment |
Abq_Sarah |
Feb-12-11 03:06 PM |
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If you are poor you suffer in silence, if wealthy you have insurance. |
olegramps |
Feb-13-11 10:09 AM |
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It depends on who did it. If its the police you will be arrested. |
olegramps |
Feb-13-11 10:11 AM |
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If you look "foreign," you'll probably be arrested for it |
Orrex |
Feb-12-11 03:06 PM |
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Gosh. That sounds awful. |
sibelian |
Feb-12-11 03:18 PM |
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... |
Inchworm |
Feb-12-11 04:21 PM |
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You pay. You can sue and maybe get reimbursed in a year or so. |
rucky |
Feb-12-11 03:07 PM |
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Maybe? So it's not a certainty? |
sibelian |
Feb-12-11 03:11 PM |
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Civil court doesn't require a criminal trial or even any charges. |
rucky |
Feb-12-11 03:23 PM |
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Wah! It all sounds a bit hit or miss! CIVIL court??? |
sibelian |
Feb-12-11 03:44 PM |
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Nope |
Sgent |
Feb-12-11 05:50 PM |
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You would have to prove the case |
treestar |
Feb-13-11 08:33 AM |
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maybe get reimbursed in 8 years or so...a year or two, that's pretty funny |
pitohui |
Feb-12-11 07:50 PM |
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Are you kidding? Sarah Palin wanted rape victims in her state |
EFerrari |
Feb-12-11 03:14 PM |
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... blink ... um |
sibelian |
Feb-12-11 03:19 PM |
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Cold and nasty is a virtue among our right wing nutcases here, too. n/t |
EFerrari |
Feb-12-11 03:20 PM |
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Yeah, OK, but what's the *political* gain? who benefits? |
sibelian |
Feb-12-11 03:42 PM |
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There's plenty of those people |
katnapped |
Feb-12-11 03:50 PM |
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??? Please don't be angry with me but |
sibelian |
Feb-12-11 04:16 PM |
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I tried to PM you but you can't get PM's yet.... go read some of this: |
Occulus |
Feb-12-11 07:25 PM |
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Ooo.... |
krispos42 |
Feb-13-11 09:34 AM |
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LOL! Read the DU a discussion about a teen deserving to be killed by a tiger |
May Hamm |
Feb-12-11 07:53 PM |
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The tactic has at least two layers. On one, she signals to the corporations |
EFerrari |
Feb-12-11 03:58 PM |
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Yeah, but RAPE KITS? |
sibelian |
Feb-12-11 04:32 PM |
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No, she didn't. Right wing voters don't criticize their leaders |
EFerrari |
Feb-12-11 04:47 PM |
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More like she didn't want people to report rapes. Makes one wonder why. |
uppityperson |
Feb-12-11 03:46 PM |
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I hope you don't think I'm stupid but is that a rhetorical "makes one wonder why"? |
sibelian |
Feb-12-11 03:52 PM |
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Either she believes women are sluts and "rape" isn't "really rape", or else she knows a bunch |
uppityperson |
Feb-12-11 04:12 PM |
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phew. so she got thwarted. |
sibelian |
Feb-12-11 04:20 PM |
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Grrrr... The only Alaskan victims she wanted burdened like that. |
May Hamm |
Feb-12-11 07:09 PM |
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The legislature had to pass a special law |
Blue_In_AK |
Feb-12-11 07:44 PM |
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well, once you get out of the hospital |
onethatcares |
Feb-12-11 03:16 PM |
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Oh, wow. I hope you don't mind my saying, what with my being foreign, but... |
sibelian |
Feb-12-11 03:21 PM |
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What the hell do you know? |
Orrex |
Feb-12-11 03:23 PM |
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Yeah, but the BEATLES!!!!! so there. |
sibelian |
Feb-12-11 03:32 PM |
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And the Spice Girls, lest we forget. |
Orrex |
Feb-12-11 05:01 PM |
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Pah! VANILLA ICE, dude. Actually - let's not escalate this. |
sibelian |
Feb-13-11 06:26 AM |
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One hundred years from now Vanilla Ice will be appreciated for the genius that ... |
Orrex |
Feb-13-11 08:01 AM |
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O_o u neerly sed it |
sibelian |
Feb-13-11 09:04 AM |
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and they actually think people have a right to health care! |
hlthe2b |
Feb-12-11 03:51 PM |
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Where are you from? |
WinkyDink |
Feb-12-11 03:26 PM |
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UK. It is quite different here. |
sibelian |
Feb-12-11 03:39 PM |
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Ah. Hey, I know; I went to one of your emergency wards---gratis! AND in Portugal (2X), N'lands, and |
WinkyDink |
Feb-12-11 03:56 PM |
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Yar, tis so. |
sibelian |
Feb-12-11 04:18 PM |
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oh, now you're gonna get all uppity on us, eh? |
onethatcares |
Feb-12-11 04:37 PM |
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It's crazy if one were to view it from the outside ... or inside. |
Arugula Latte |
Feb-12-11 07:39 PM |
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We all call it a bad system too. It isn't based on compassion or justice. It is based on profit. |
harun |
Feb-12-11 07:34 PM |
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Yes, it is grotesque. Do you have room in your country for me? |
bobbolink |
Feb-12-11 07:40 PM |
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Pretty sure there's ALWAYS room for more lefties in the UK! |
sibelian |
Feb-13-11 06:05 AM |
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What nation pays victims the expenses of crimes committed against them? |
May Hamm |
Feb-12-11 08:00 PM |
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My country does. Well, theoretically it does. There AREN'T any expenses. |
sibelian |
Feb-13-11 08:39 AM |
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Well, assuming you're US based - YOUR country does in some states, it seems - see #65 |
sibelian |
Feb-13-11 08:43 AM |
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Where are you from? |
Dappleganger |
Feb-13-11 06:32 AM |
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I am Scottish UK type guy. |
sibelian |
Feb-13-11 08:40 AM |
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Then, you get hounded and ultimately may go bankrupt... |
hlthe2b |
Feb-12-11 03:50 PM |
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Holy fuck. |
sibelian |
Feb-12-11 04:35 PM |
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If you ask about those employment-based credit checks here in GD... |
Orrex |
Feb-12-11 06:45 PM |
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No, but you see, it is all worth it. |
bobbolink |
Feb-12-11 07:43 PM |
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you have said person arrested, here's another funny one! |
pitohui |
Feb-12-11 07:54 PM |
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Please do not accuse me of a "naive act". |
sibelian |
Feb-13-11 09:13 AM |
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He's legit |
RocketTuna |
Feb-13-11 09:45 AM |
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Many thanks, RocketTuna, it would be New York |
sibelian |
Feb-13-11 09:53 AM |
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It can work out in many different ways... |
Silent3 |
Feb-12-11 03:20 PM |
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Your body, your payment. In a nutshell. |
WinkyDink |
Feb-12-11 03:26 PM |
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Some states have funds specifically set up for this... |
cynatnite |
Feb-12-11 03:30 PM |
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Ah-ha, that's sensible. I hope your nephew is OK. |
sibelian |
Feb-12-11 03:47 PM |
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We pay....then we get the asshole later...when he's forgotten the incident. |
RagAss |
Feb-12-11 04:18 PM |
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Presumably your insurance, and if the guy gets caught you can sue for damages |
Motown_Johnny |
Feb-12-11 04:50 PM |
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When a drunk driver hit us, her insurance paid for all the medical bills. As |
Liquorice |
Feb-12-11 05:00 PM |
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I did think that might be the case, thanks for responding. |
sibelian |
Feb-13-11 09:17 AM |
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Your insurance pays and then, if it is a criminal case, the court can make them pay for the damages |
Pirate Smile |
Feb-12-11 05:10 PM |
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you pay then you have to sue the the person who attacked you... |
madrchsod |
Feb-12-11 05:37 PM |
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We pack heat. So we have that going for us. You can't. |
Safetykitten |
Feb-12-11 07:31 PM |
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Boom! |
bobbolink |
Feb-12-11 07:44 PM |
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It's time for my favourite picture. |
sibelian |
Feb-13-11 08:51 AM |
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YOU the victim pay...and women get assaulted too, how do you figure only guys get assaulted? |
pitohui |
Feb-12-11 07:47 PM |
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. |
bobbolink |
Feb-12-11 07:55 PM |
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I get the sense the OP used "guys" as a gender neutral plural ... |
JoePhilly |
Feb-12-11 08:07 PM |
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This all sounds very bad. |
sibelian |
Feb-13-11 09:16 AM |
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Illinois has a Crime Victim Compensation Program |
NNN0LHI |
Feb-13-11 06:33 AM |
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Ah-ha, makes sense. 27,000? sounds like a lot! |
sibelian |
Feb-13-11 08:42 AM |
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+1000 for OP |
Liberal_in_LA |
Feb-13-11 08:45 AM |
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If an empire assaults us, we simply open up a can of revolutionary whoop ass. |
RedCloud |
Feb-13-11 09:19 AM |
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Hey! It wasn't MY fault. |
sibelian |
Feb-13-11 09:26 AM |
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People are always responsible for their own medical costs here |
slackmaster |
Feb-13-11 09:57 AM |
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we live in a sociopathic system run by criminals |
fascisthunter |
Feb-13-11 10:17 AM |
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