>
> At 11:01 PM 6/20/97 GMT, Eva Durant wrote:
>
> >Well, I can only speak about Hungary, and the free dental care I
> >received in Tab (Somogy) was superior to Rochdale (Lancashire).
>
>         Well, we all know about the English national health system. ESB
>
>

you mean, that untill it wasn't recked by the free-marketeers
it was the best and most comprehensive health service in
the world? Yes, I expected you to know that.
Eva D

At 01:12 PM 6/20/97 -0400, Eva Balogh wrote:

>At 07:31 AM 6/19/97 -0400, Joe Szalai wrote:
>
>>By the way, Ferenc, you're starting to sound like a socialist when you
>>empathize with the "needs and concerns of the people".  Good work.  Keep it
>>up.
>
>        Why are you so surprised? The two sides are rather close. ESB

I'm surprised by your lack of political sophistication.

Joe Szalai

At 11:01 PM 6/20/97 GMT, Eva Durant wrote:

>> >        No, I haven't resigned from the job, but I'm getting a bit
tired of
>> >these two: Joe and Eva D. Hard to imagine that people like them
actually can
>> >survive in this world.
>> >        ESB
>
>I can't see an obvious link between my opinions and my way of
>survival.


Neither can I.  Perhaps Eva Balogh has special powers.

Joe Szalai

At 05:15 PM 6/19/97 -0400, "Amos J. Danube", responding to Eva Durant, wrote:

<snip>
>   If this is an attempt to be funny, it is a total failure. This is
>almost as good as Szalai's obfuscation.  And at least  as insulting.
>You wouldn't know what a 'decent discussion' is if it hit you. Slogans
>do-not-make a discussion. But it will take you some time to discover
>this - if ever.

You've been awfully frisky lately, Amos.  Are you sure you're not exceeding
the recommended daily intake of Geritol?

Joe Szalai

"I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your
annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left."
          --- Voltaire

At 04:56 PM 6/19/97 -0400, "Amos J. Danube" wrote:

>Joe Szalai wrote:

>> So, please refrain from calling me unrealistic until ....
>> until others on this list come to your defense and agree with you that
>> every other car in Budapest is a BMW.  In the meantime, I have a

>   She doesn't need any defense. She is just telling like it is.

You say that she (Aniko) doesn't need any defense, yet, you come to it.
That's a rather transparent strategy, wouldn't you say?  Or, are you
actually agreeing with her "observation" that every other (and now -
feeling the heat - she's changed it to every third) car in Budapest is a BMW?

Joe Szalai

"The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of
urban and suburban man."
          --- Marshall McLuhan

At 09:56 PM 6/19/97 -0300, Aniko Dunford wrote:

>Szalai - At 02:50 PM 19/06/97 -0400, you wrote:
<snip>
>Gimme a break, will ya?
>[...]
>Yup!  Just as soon as them bucks arrive.  The ones, with which you're gonna
>show that you are willing to put your monies where your mouth is ...

I almost never give money to charities.  People in need should never ever
have to depend on charity.  If there's a genuine need, then it's a social
responsibility and I'll gladly pay higher taxes, along with everyone else,
to help them.

Joe Szalai

"A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an
arm will be so shocked the first time he'll give him sixpence. But the
second time it'll only be a threepenny bit. And if he sees him a third
time, he'll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police."
        --- Bertolt Brecht

At 07:37 PM 6/20/97 -0400, Eva Balogh wrote:

>At 11:01 PM 6/20/97 GMT, Eva Durant wrote:

>>Well, I can only speak about Hungary, and the free dental care I
>>received in Tab (Somogy) was superior to Rochdale (Lancashire).

>Well, we all know about the English national health system. ESB

You didn't care much about the Canadian health care system and wouldn't let
go of your notion that it cost more than the American system until I
produced some government stats.  And then, of course, someone piped in to
say that stats don't tell the whole story.

So, without rehashing the whole health care system debate again, I'd like
to know if Eva Balogh's knowledge of the English system is from statistics,
hearsay, anecdotes, or experience?

Joe Szalai

"Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and
not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."
           --- Constitution. The World Health Organization.