Comments on: Google and new rude words http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14293 p2pnet.net - reader powered Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:56:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The Angry Offender http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14293/comment-page-1#comment-234076 The Angry Offender Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:30:14 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14293#comment-234076 I should elaborate that my mention of free market healthcare versus government-run healthcare is an often misinterpreted comparison because of the fact that people (especially those who advocate for the government-run variant) associate "government-run" with the Canada and UK implementations and "free market" with the healthcare system in the United States; however, the fallacy lies in the assumption that the USA has a free market healthcare system. It's not. I don't know where I read it as I was researching the topic in more depth, but one website had an extremely insightful anti-government-healthcare article in which it was mentioned that the USA and Canada both have healthcare systems that are almost entirely run by either one third party or an oligarchy of third parties (the US insurance providers coupled with laws forcing them to insure lots of things they otherwise wouldn't.) Because the insurance companies have a near-monopoly on the control of healthcare in the United States (and the government heavily regulates that industry), they said, IT IS NOT A FREE MARKET SYSTEM. In a REAL free market healthcare system, you as an individual are responsible for your own healthcare costs, and competition between doctors will drive down prices, boost quality of service, and might actually cause PRICE QUOTES to exist in the American system. All I'm saying is that using what we've got in the USA as the idea of what a "free market healthcare system" is, is an egregious error in reasoning, and should be rethought. I should elaborate that my mention of free market healthcare versus government-run healthcare is an often misinterpreted comparison because of the fact that people (especially those who advocate for the government-run variant) associate “government-run” with the Canada and UK implementations and “free market” with the healthcare system in the United States; however, the fallacy lies in the assumption that the USA has a free market healthcare system. It’s not. I don’t know where I read it as I was researching the topic in more depth, but one website had an extremely insightful anti-government-healthcare article in which it was mentioned that the USA and Canada both have healthcare systems that are almost entirely run by either one third party or an oligarchy of third parties (the US insurance providers coupled with laws forcing them to insure lots of things they otherwise wouldn’t.) Because the insurance companies have a near-monopoly on the control of healthcare in the United States (and the government heavily regulates that industry), they said, IT IS NOT A FREE MARKET SYSTEM.

In a REAL free market healthcare system, you as an individual are responsible for your own healthcare costs, and competition between doctors will drive down prices, boost quality of service, and might actually cause PRICE QUOTES to exist in the American system.

All I’m saying is that using what we’ve got in the USA as the idea of what a “free market healthcare system” is, is an egregious error in reasoning, and should be rethought.

]]> By: Cougar Draven http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14293/comment-page-1#comment-233371 Cougar Draven Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:24:25 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14293#comment-233371 I don't get it. Did I just read about a porn site suing Google for showing porn images? What the fuck? But seriously. If someone can't figure out SafeSearch, they don't need to be using Google. I don’t get it. Did I just read about a porn site suing Google for showing porn images?

What the fuck?

But seriously. If someone can’t figure out SafeSearch, they don’t need to be using Google.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14293/comment-page-1#comment-232822 Reader's Write Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:40:36 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14293#comment-232822 perhaps google could add some text next to "dont filter my results" to include "i am of legal adult age in my country" i have to verify my age at porn sites even yahoo, ask etc.. do this so whats the big deal. perhaps google could add some text next to “dont filter my results” to include “i am of legal adult age in my country”

i have to verify my age at porn sites even yahoo, ask etc.. do this so whats the big deal.

]]> By: pablote http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14293/comment-page-1#comment-232241 pablote Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:54:24 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14293#comment-232241 Actually if you go to Google-> Preferences you can select the level of "SafeSearch Filtering". http://www.google.com/preferences?hl=en Actually if you go to Google-> Preferences you can select the level of “SafeSearch Filtering”. http://www.google.com/preferences?hl=en

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14293/comment-page-1#comment-232125 Reader's Write Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:17:19 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14293#comment-232125 The sensorship should be done at the client level because it is too hard to do on the server side even withy only world. The sensorship should be done at the client level because it is too hard to do on the server side even withy only world.

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