Re:The Bermuda Triangle of Wealth
by bryanrasmussen on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @05:11PM
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I don't think I did any namecalling.
As far as that goes referring to Danish people as Dutch could also be considered less than civil.
Maybe it takes me a lot of words because I am an especially prolix person, sorry, I hadn't realized how damaging verbosity was to your feelings. I do realize however brevity is the soul of wit so let me cut it down:
Everybody knows that taxes pay for hospital costs in Europe.
The context of the conversation was being charged money at the birth of a baby, which people in Europe are not. To say that I paid 0 at the birth of my children was not an untruth but the exact truth. That I have paid taxes in the past and will pay them in the future does not change that.
Given that I was accused of lying, I think I maintained the appropriate level of civility.
Given your hectoring tone here, your insults to my nationality, complaints about my wordcount, and accusations of wiggling I worry I've been too civil.
As far as that goes referring to Danish people as Dutch could also be considered less than civil.
Maybe it takes me a lot of words because I am an especially prolix person, sorry, I hadn't realized how damaging verbosity was to your feelings. I do realize however brevity is the soul of wit so let me cut it down:
Everybody knows that taxes pay for hospital costs in Europe. The context of the conversation was being charged money at the birth of a baby, which people in Europe are not. To say that I paid 0 at the birth of my children was not an untruth but the exact truth. That I have paid taxes in the past and will pay them in the future does not change that.
Given that I was accused of lying, I think I maintained the appropriate level of civility.
Given your hectoring tone here, your insults to my nationality, complaints about my wordcount, and accusations of wiggling I worry I've been too civil.