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bobbolink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-12-11 07:43 PM
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52. No, but you see, it is all worth it.
Our streets are paved with gold.

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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   #0 
  - You pay for treatment  Abq_Sarah   Feb-12-11 03:06 PM   #1 
  - If you are poor you suffer in silence, if wealthy you have insurance.  olegramps   Feb-13-11 10:09 AM   #84 
  - It depends on who did it. If its the police you will be arrested.  olegramps   Feb-13-11 10:11 AM   #85 
  - If you look "foreign," you'll probably be arrested for it  Orrex   Feb-12-11 03:06 PM   #2 
  - Gosh. That sounds awful.  sibelian   Feb-12-11 03:18 PM   #7 
  - ...  Inchworm   Feb-12-11 04:21 PM   #34 
  - You pay. You can sue and maybe get reimbursed in a year or so.  rucky   Feb-12-11 03:07 PM   #3 
  - Maybe? So it's not a certainty?  sibelian   Feb-12-11 03:11 PM   #4 
  - Civil court doesn't require a criminal trial or even any charges.  rucky   Feb-12-11 03:23 PM   #13 
     - Wah! It all sounds a bit hit or miss! CIVIL court???  sibelian   Feb-12-11 03:44 PM   #20 
        - Nope  Sgent   Feb-12-11 05:50 PM   #44 
        - You would have to prove the case  treestar   Feb-13-11 08:33 AM   #67 
  - maybe get reimbursed in 8 years or so...a year or two, that's pretty funny  pitohui   Feb-12-11 07:50 PM   #56 
  - Are you kidding? Sarah Palin wanted rape victims in her state  EFerrari   Feb-12-11 03:14 PM   #5 
  - ... blink ... um  sibelian   Feb-12-11 03:19 PM   #8 
  - Cold and nasty is a virtue among our right wing nutcases here, too. n/t  EFerrari   Feb-12-11 03:20 PM   #10 
  - Yeah, OK, but what's the *political* gain? who benefits?  sibelian   Feb-12-11 03:42 PM   #19 
     - There's plenty of those people  katnapped   Feb-12-11 03:50 PM   #24 
     - ??? Please don't be angry with me but  sibelian   Feb-12-11 04:16 PM   #30 
        - 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   #47 
        - Ooo....  krispos42   Feb-13-11 09:34 AM   #80 
        - LOL! Read the DU a discussion about a teen deserving to be killed by a tiger  May Hamm   Feb-12-11 07:53 PM   #57 
     - The tactic has at least two layers. On one, she signals to the corporations  EFerrari   Feb-12-11 03:58 PM   #28 
        - Yeah, but RAPE KITS?  sibelian   Feb-12-11 04:32 PM   #35 
           - No, she didn't. Right wing voters don't criticize their leaders  EFerrari   Feb-12-11 04:47 PM   #38 
  - More like she didn't want people to report rapes. Makes one wonder why.  uppityperson   Feb-12-11 03:46 PM   #21 
     - 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   #26 
        - 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   #29 
           - phew. so she got thwarted.  sibelian   Feb-12-11 04:20 PM   #33 
  - Grrrr... The only Alaskan victims she wanted burdened like that.  May Hamm   Feb-12-11 07:09 PM   #46 
  - The legislature had to pass a special law  Blue_In_AK   Feb-12-11 07:44 PM   #53 
  - well, once you get out of the hospital  onethatcares   Feb-12-11 03:16 PM   #6 
  - Oh, wow. I hope you don't mind my saying, what with my being foreign, but...  sibelian   Feb-12-11 03:21 PM   #11 
  - What the hell do you know?  Orrex   Feb-12-11 03:23 PM   #12 
  - Yeah, but the BEATLES!!!!! so there.  sibelian   Feb-12-11 03:32 PM   #17 
  - And the Spice Girls, lest we forget.  Orrex   Feb-12-11 05:01 PM   #41 
     - Pah! VANILLA ICE, dude. Actually - let's not escalate this.  sibelian   Feb-13-11 06:26 AM   #63 
        - One hundred years from now Vanilla Ice will be appreciated for the genius that ...  Orrex   Feb-13-11 08:01 AM   #66 
           - O_o u neerly sed it  sibelian   Feb-13-11 09:04 AM   #74 
  - and they actually think people have a right to health care!  hlthe2b   Feb-12-11 03:51 PM   #25 
  - Where are you from?  WinkyDink   Feb-12-11 03:26 PM   #15 
  - UK. It is quite different here.  sibelian   Feb-12-11 03:39 PM   #18 
     - 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   #27 
        - Yar, tis so.  sibelian   Feb-12-11 04:18 PM   #32 
           - oh, now you're gonna get all uppity on us, eh?  onethatcares   Feb-12-11 04:37 PM   #37 
              - It's crazy if one were to view it from the outside ... or inside.  Arugula Latte   Feb-12-11 07:39 PM   #50 
  - 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   #49 
  - Yes, it is grotesque. Do you have room in your country for me?  bobbolink   Feb-12-11 07:40 PM   #51 
  - Pretty sure there's ALWAYS room for more lefties in the UK!  sibelian   Feb-13-11 06:05 AM   #62 
  - What nation pays victims the expenses of crimes committed against them?  May Hamm   Feb-12-11 08:00 PM   #60 
  - My country does. Well, theoretically it does. There AREN'T any expenses.  sibelian   Feb-13-11 08:39 AM   #68 
  - Well, assuming you're US based - YOUR country does in some states, it seems - see #65  sibelian   Feb-13-11 08:43 AM   #71 
  - Where are you from?  Dappleganger   Feb-13-11 06:32 AM   #64 
     - I am Scottish UK type guy.  sibelian   Feb-13-11 08:40 AM   #69 
  - Then, you get hounded and ultimately may go bankrupt...  hlthe2b   Feb-12-11 03:50 PM   #23 
  - Holy fuck.  sibelian   Feb-12-11 04:35 PM   #36 
     - If you ask about those employment-based credit checks here in GD...  Orrex   Feb-12-11 06:45 PM   #45 
     - No, but you see, it is all worth it.  bobbolink   Feb-12-11 07:43 PM   #52 
  - you have said person arrested, here's another funny one!  pitohui   Feb-12-11 07:54 PM   #58 
     - Please do not accuse me of a "naive act".  sibelian   Feb-13-11 09:13 AM   #75 
        - He's legit  RocketTuna   Feb-13-11 09:45 AM   #81 
           - Many thanks, RocketTuna, it would be New York  sibelian   Feb-13-11 09:53 AM   #82 
  - It can work out in many different ways...  Silent3   Feb-12-11 03:20 PM   #9 
  - Your body, your payment. In a nutshell.  WinkyDink   Feb-12-11 03:26 PM   #14 
  - Some states have funds specifically set up for this...  cynatnite   Feb-12-11 03:30 PM   #16 
  - Ah-ha, that's sensible. I hope your nephew is OK.  sibelian   Feb-12-11 03:47 PM   #22 
  - We pay....then we get the asshole later...when he's forgotten the incident.  RagAss   Feb-12-11 04:18 PM   #31 
  - Presumably your insurance, and if the guy gets caught you can sue for damages  Motown_Johnny   Feb-12-11 04:50 PM   #39 
  - When a drunk driver hit us, her insurance paid for all the medical bills. As  Liquorice   Feb-12-11 05:00 PM   #40 
  - I did think that might be the case, thanks for responding.  sibelian   Feb-13-11 09:17 AM   #77 
  - 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   #42 
  - you pay then you have to sue the the person who attacked you...  madrchsod   Feb-12-11 05:37 PM   #43 
  - We pack heat. So we have that going for us. You can't.  Safetykitten   Feb-12-11 07:31 PM   #48 
  - Boom!  bobbolink   Feb-12-11 07:44 PM   #54 
  - It's time for my favourite picture.  sibelian   Feb-13-11 08:51 AM   #73 
  - YOU the victim pay...and women get assaulted too, how do you figure only guys get assaulted?  pitohui   Feb-12-11 07:47 PM   #55 
  - .  bobbolink   Feb-12-11 07:55 PM   #59 
  - I get the sense the OP used "guys" as a gender neutral plural ...  JoePhilly   Feb-12-11 08:07 PM   #61 
  - This all sounds very bad.  sibelian   Feb-13-11 09:16 AM   #76 
  - Illinois has a Crime Victim Compensation Program  NNN0LHI   Feb-13-11 06:33 AM   #65 
  - Ah-ha, makes sense. 27,000? sounds like a lot!  sibelian   Feb-13-11 08:42 AM   #70 
  - +1000 for OP  Liberal_in_LA   Feb-13-11 08:45 AM   #72 
  - If an empire assaults us, we simply open up a can of revolutionary whoop ass.  RedCloud   Feb-13-11 09:19 AM   #78 
  - Hey! It wasn't MY fault.  sibelian   Feb-13-11 09:26 AM   #79 
  - People are always responsible for their own medical costs here  slackmaster   Feb-13-11 09:57 AM   #83 
  - we live in a sociopathic system run by criminals  fascisthunter   Feb-13-11 10:17 AM   #86 
 

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