Re: David Cross on Health Care

"Peter T. Chattaway" <petert-LOVM4QxV+tDq6eQxt3vRmLDks+cytr/[email protected]>
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On Sat, 23 Oct 2010, pcg wrote:

>>> "Here's a simple question: Where are the Christians? Where are the 
>>> fucking Christians during all of this? The idea of universal health 
>>> care seems to me the most basic, at its core, Christian belief. . . .
>>
>> Huh?  It is?
>>
>> I mean, he seriously thinks theocracy is a basic core Christian idea?
>
> No, I think he was referring to this:
>
> "You take care of people who can't afford to take care of themselves. 
> You don't let them suffer."

Well, it all depends on what he means by "you", then, doesn't it?  Does 
Cross mean to imply that America is a Christian state?  I thought the 
First Amendment to your Constitution kind of prohibited that idea.

>> Well, they're expressing concern over the fact that ObamaCare may 
>> prevent them from continuing to pool their resources in affordable, 
>> ethical health-insurance group plans, for one thing.
>
> I missed that commandment.

And I missed the commandment that tells Christians to be statists or 
socialists or whatever it is that makes healthcare "universal".

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