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Bettie

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13. It is legal to kill thousands, hundreds of thousands, even millions
Thu Dec 12, 2024, 12:02 PM
Dec 2024

(which is probably aspirational for insurance companies, but they are working toward it!) if it means larger profits.

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I think all of these cases expose the two-tiered "justice" system we have. alarimer Dec 2024 #1
I've been wondering about those 2 teens stabbed. This is latest info I found. Silent Type Dec 2024 #22
Yeah, that was a weird one Sympthsical Dec 2024 #38
You mean how it's murder if you kill someone with a gun but it's just business if you kill thousands ... dawg Dec 2024 #2
I mean exactly what I wrote. MineralMan Dec 2024 #6
Did it ever occur to you that both of them were killers? dawg Dec 2024 #7
Of course it did. MineralMan Dec 2024 #10
I don't think we need to be scolded for our lack of enthusiasm for prosecuting this guy ... dawg Dec 2024 #18
I'm not scolding anyone. I'm commenting on something MineralMan Dec 2024 #20
Mangione left out the trial, conviction, and sentence parts like most vigilantes do. Ping Tung Dec 2024 #11
It is legal to kill thousands, hundreds of thousands, even millions Bettie Dec 2024 #13
So does the miilitary industrial complex and we build monuments to them for doing it so efficiently. Ping Tung Dec 2024 #21
There is a key difference Bettie Dec 2024 #23
Will murdering their executives (or secretaries, accountants, lawyers, janitors) stop them from doing it? . Ping Tung Dec 2024 #30
My post was about the fact that "health insurance" Bettie Dec 2024 #31
Are you going to stop voting because it's useless? Ping Tung Dec 2024 #33
You have more faith in republicans than I do Bettie Dec 2024 #36
I live in Washington which is very Blue. I always vote blue (even when nose holding jis necessary). Ping Tung Dec 2024 #37
Yes, and it shouldn't be. Ocelot II Dec 2024 #26
+1. And Congress -- including our party's reps -- smile and take it. UHG donated substantially more to Dems than GOPers Silent Type Dec 2024 #39
One man murdered another, not in self-defense but with premeditated malice. Dennis Donovan Dec 2024 #3
Yes. And that's simply a fact. MineralMan Dec 2024 #5
We're a nation of laws atreides1 Dec 2024 #14
Those laws are almost never Bettie Dec 2024 #24
The train has come off the rails.... full speed ahead,... magicarpet Dec 2024 #4
Another shameful tragedy,... magicarpet Dec 2024 #8
"Apparently, our basic moral and ethical rules no longer hold." CrispyQ Dec 2024 #9
So it seems. I find that alarming. MineralMan Dec 2024 #17
It's a cycle apparently. One we can't escape. CrispyQ Dec 2024 #25
I agree, and I've also been troubled over the attempts to justify this murder - Ocelot II Dec 2024 #12
Yes, I've noticed your posts, as usual. MineralMan Dec 2024 #15
Maybe we are talking about individiuals whose morals haven't Mike 03 Dec 2024 #16
Perhaps. However, I have not noticed that so much until recently. MineralMan Dec 2024 #19
Let's not have a double standard. One standard will do just fine. George Carlin sarisataka Dec 2024 #27
This really isn't a new phenomenon. Quiet Em Dec 2024 #28
Let's revisit your post after the trial. maxrandb Dec 2024 #29
Health insurance is immoral in itself. The entire sick for profit system shouldn't exist. Shell_Seas Dec 2024 #32
Well, there are other healthcare systems, of course. MineralMan Dec 2024 #34
In a better world we wouldn't need it at all. Ocelot II Dec 2024 #35
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