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[Biscuit] wrote: I hate how kids annoy dogs and when the dogs retaliates the dog gets blamed because children are more important

Spacey wrote:Buy purchasing those diamonds we are providing demand. With demand comes supply, and therefore there is a contribution to the problem.

Spacey wrote:If you are opposed to animal harvesting for their fur, you do not buy fur coats, you don't buy fur coats one place and not in another.

Jack O'Neill wrote:Pretty much just summoned up everything I just said

Corran Horn wrote:

Spacey wrote:If you are opposed to animal harvesting for their fur, you do not buy fur coats, you don't buy fur coats one place and not in another.

i agree. but there's a number of ppl that like wearing fur coats.
btw: did you know that artificial furs are much more non-eco than the natural ones?

Jack O'Neill wrote:But that's just the thing I couldn't care less how something is made as long as it's not dangerous to me if it's cheaper better then I'm going to buy it regardless of how they treat their animals/employees it doesn't bother me as long as it's safe for me and the only thing I object to is the treatment of the raccoons and only because there's better ways to skin the animals, better as in easier and faster it's almost as if they're doing it the hard way to purposely torment the animal and that's what I don't like cutting a chicken's head off or slitting a cow's throat doesn't bother me these are quick effective ways of killing the animal but skinning it alive is just wrong, as for things about human mistreatment that doesn't bother me number 1 most of the stories you hear about the employees had a choice and doesn't HAVE to work at the labor camps or whatever and before you start spouting that they have to because they can't afford to live otherwise that's the fault of the government/economy don't blame the employers and number 2 many of these cases you hear about they fail to tell you that the employer pays them more then almost everyone else yeah they make nickels and dimes an hour but it's better then pennies

The blood diamonds has no effect on me number 1 I don't care and number two I don't buy diamonds anyway even if I did care and if I were to buy diamonds it would most likely be manufactured perfect diamonds in the form of CPUs (for personal use that is)

About the fur I don't wear fur coats I don't wear fur I don't really wear any kind of coat ever I wear demin jeans a T and boats and that's about it I only wear a jacket if I absolutely MUST like say it's freezing and I'm going to be outside all day and even then I've been known to go without a jacket and if I did that video didn't bother me enough to care to stop buying their furs

I'm simply cold hearted and really don't care

The article told the story of a young boy from Pakistan, Iqbal Masih, who was sold into child labour at the age of four as a carpet weaver to pay back a loan his parents had acquired. Iqbal worked 12 hours a day, six days a week, tying tiny knots to make carpets.

Iqbal lost his freedom to laugh and to play. He lost his freedom to go to school. And, after he began speaking out against child labour, he lost his life.

The article said he was murdered for raising the issue in the press and in politics at the age of 12...

Thanks for telling us what clothes you wear... ...........
Jack cold hearted? Nooooooooo! Never!

Jack O'Neill wrote:Yes but at the same time you must be aware that if you stop buying those products that the manufacturers will pick up and leave then it leaves those people with no choices at all then you have an even bigger problem

Praise for the Cuban Healthcare System

In 2006, BBC flagship news programme Newsnight featured Cuba's Healthcare system as part of a series identifying "the world's best public services". The report noted that "Thanks chiefly to the American economic blockade, but partly also to the web of strange rules and regulations that constrict Cuban life, the economy is in a terrible mess: national income per head is minuscule, and resources are amazingly tight. Healthcare, however, is a top national priority" The report stated that life expectancy and infant mortality rates are pretty much the same as the USA's. Its doctor-to-patient ratios stand comparison to any country in Western Europe. Its annual total health spend per head, however, comes in at $251; just over a tenth of the UK's. The report concluded that the population's admirable health is one of the key reasons why Castro is still in power.[51]

In 2000, Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan stated that "Cuba should be the envy of many other nations" adding that achievements in social development are impressive given the size of its gross domestic product per capita. "Cuba demonstrates how much nations can do with the resources they have if they focus on the right priorities - health, education, and literacy."[52] The Kaiser Family Foundation, a non-governmental organization that evaluated Cuba’s healthcare system in 2000-1 described Cuba as "a shining example of the power of public health to transform the health of an entire country by a commitment to prevention and by careful management of its medical resources"[53] President of the World Bank James Wolfensohn also praised Cuba's healthcare system in 2001, saying that "Cuba has done a great job on education and health", at the annual meeting of the Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Wayne Smith, former head of the US Interests Section in Havana identified "the incredible dedication" of Cubans to healthcare, adding that "Doctors in Cuba can make more driving cabs and working in hotels, but they don't. They're just very dedicated".[54]

[edit] Studies of the Cuban health system in the United Kingdom

In 2001, members of the UK House of Commons Health Select Committee traveled to Cuba and issued a report that paid tribute to "the success of the Cuban healthcare system", based on its "strong emphasis on disease prevention" and "commitment to the practice of medicine in a community".[51]

The Parliament of the United Kingdom also drew up an analysis of the key features of Cuba's healthcare system, drawing comparisons with the state funded National Health Service (NHS). The overall conclusion was that many of the features identified would not have occurred had there not been an obvious commitment to health provision demonstrated by the protection and proportion of the budget given the health care. The study concluded the following.

* There appeared to be little evidence of a divide between the prevention/proactive response and the disease management/reactive response within Cuban healthcare.
* By far the biggest difference was the ratio of doctors per person. In Cuba it was one doctor per 175 people, in the UK the figure was one doctor per 600 people.
* There is a commitment in Cuba to the triple diagnosis (physical/psychological/social) at all levels.
* Extensive involvement of "patient" and the public in decision making at all levels.
* Integration of hospital/community/primary care via polyclinics.
* Team-work that works is much more evident both in the community and the hospital sector and the mental-health and care of the elderly sites visited were very well staffed and supported.

The study also pointed to problems within the system, these included;

* Low pay of doctors
* Poor facilities—buildings in poor state of repair and mostly outdated.
* Poor provision of equipment.
* Frequent absence of essential drugs.
* Concern regarding freedom of choice both for patient and doctor.[55]