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Childish
We were taking the train today from Trondheim to Oslo, and talked a bit to a woman visiting Namsos all the way from Rhode Island (some 4 hours away from NY).I asked a bit about "socialistic" health care, and she moaned on about the 2700 page document and people there being childish about their health care and the broken system that is. A self-perpetuating black hole for money, light and well-being perhaps.
One doctor had to pay 110K USD per year in malpractice insurance.. oh well.
I guess a system where the gap between people is so big screws things up. A capitalistic darwinism if you will.
Here in Norway I guess we have a fairly even spread when it comes to resources.. on the other hand, social pressure and social darwinism is a beast of its own. The angry birds pick 'til the feeling is gone.
The other day I was viewing COPS or somesuch, and saw some guy speeding away from the police in a car. Over gardens and driving like crazy.. he subsequently got out the car and started running. He ran for a while and got caught by the cop.. wrestled to the ground he responded to the officer, "Yes sir! No sir!". Well, I guess it is never too late for good manners. :)
[Later..] In related news, a police officer was killed by a speeding car around 3 last night here in Norway:
http://www.dagbladet.no/2010/03/04/nyheter/politijakt/innenr...
That's just sad. I don't know if most people recognize that when driving they're steering a ton or more of potentially lethal material at velocity.
I also read the officer happens to be the 10th officer killed in the line of duty since the end of WW2. 4-5 million people and 10 officers killed, that's pretty good considering I guess. The scary thing is that the pace has picked up the last 20 years.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Politics (and judicial matters) (Atom feed)] [03 Mar 23:16 Europe/Oslo]