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by _EAllusion
Wed Jul 15, 2020 10:34 pm
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: the uninsured motorist reality
Replies: 56
Views: 4260

Re: the uninsured motorist reality

A common idea in the crowd that covers police misconduct is the belief that there is a widespread culture among American police that they feel justified in punishing people for "contempt of cop" meaning behaving in a way the police officer finds to be disrespectful to them or their authority. So the...
by _EAllusion
Wed Jul 15, 2020 10:24 pm
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: the uninsured motorist reality
Replies: 56
Views: 4260

Re: the uninsured motorist reality

But yes, we're all ultimately responsible for our own lives. Try telling that to Black Lives Matter demanding to be able to resist arrest and disrespect police officers and walk away unscathed without any consequence. Where's the law that says it is illegal to to "disrespect a police officer?" Wher...
by _EAllusion
Wed Jul 15, 2020 10:21 pm
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: the uninsured motorist reality
Replies: 56
Views: 4260

Re: the uninsured motorist reality

ajax18 wrote:
So why even have the law force people to purchase car insurance?
The case you are referring to is an outlier in terms of accident-related injury expense. Insurance provides cushion for more common cases. It's just math. Ask Analytics to break out one of his tables.

Why do you have insurance?
by _EAllusion
Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:49 pm
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: the uninsured motorist reality
Replies: 56
Views: 4260

Re: the uninsured motorist reality

At the end of the day, the underlying issue is your friend had something unlucky happen to him. The person responsible for the accident lacked the means to pay for the long-term economic damages, and no lawsuit is going to squeeze blood from a stone. I thought that was why they forced people to pur...
by _EAllusion
Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:51 pm
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: The endless stream of bad news
Replies: 39
Views: 3417

Re: The endless stream of bad news

It is from the same ephemeral, optimisic advertising mind-set that that permeates this White House. It's like when the corporate world invented the slogan 'right-sizing' to replace 'down-sizing'. Expect some great economic news about the opportunities in the mortuary business. Yeah. This all blends...
by _EAllusion
Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:41 pm
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: the uninsured motorist reality
Replies: 56
Views: 4260

Re: the uninsured motorist reality

I guess I have two motorcycle stories. 1) While I'm not a brain injury specialist, I have a colleague who is and we overlap to an extent. Drinking and driving + motorcycle accidents are, by far, the most common brain injury cases we see. I personally know lots and lots of sad stories. 2) I have a fr...
by _EAllusion
Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:26 pm
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: Life Under Coronavirus
Replies: 364
Views: 17476

Re: Life Under Coronavirus

Had my first post-virus teeth cleaning. Full gowns, mask, face shield. Instead of the minty antibiotic pre-rinse, there was an iodine-based, bitter tasting rinse. Better anti-viral action, it was said. The saliva extractor has a little soft plastic dam that helps reduce aerosolization. Still used t...
by _EAllusion
Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:19 pm
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: the uninsured motorist reality
Replies: 56
Views: 4260

Re: the uninsured motorist reality

What motivates people to buy car insurance, aside from the legal penalties, cultural norms around the right thing to do, and barriers to vehicle purchases, is hedging against catastrophic financial risk because it is, in fact, bad to be in crippling debt because of an accident.
by _EAllusion
Wed Jul 15, 2020 6:02 pm
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: Life Under Coronavirus
Replies: 364
Views: 17476

Re: Life Under Coronavirus

In 1970 Alvin Toffler published a book whose title was a concept: Future Shock . The thesis is that in the modern world the rate of technological change is so rapid that social structures and human beings have a hard time adopting. This was in 1970, mind you, when the internet was just a gleam in D...
by _EAllusion
Wed Jul 15, 2020 5:42 pm
Forum: Spirit Paradise
Topic: the uninsured motorist reality
Replies: 56
Views: 4260

Re: the uninsured motorist reality

It's pure fantasy to believe most people on welfare like their life situation. You're not working for minimum wage though. You're a very skilled laborer that demands a good compensation package. Say you had significant child support due for 10 kids from three different women, lots of old debts that...