Posted by sdb on February 4, 2007, at 11:32:39
In reply to Re: please be sensitive » Dr. Bob, posted by ed_uk on February 3, 2007, at 9:41:42
> Dr. Bob,
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> Sorry about my posts last night, I was in a bad mood.
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> Just to clarify, I was annoyed by your post to me because I did not feel that I had been insensitive. My post was intended to be light-hearted and amusing. It was not intended to offend anyone. In fact, given that the majority of posters on this board are American, I do not see how anyone could feel personally insulted or offended. There are many problems with doctor's prescribing practices in all countries, including the US and the UK.
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> I was also hurt by notfred's reply, which seemed to involve a very literal interpretation of my original post, which was a generalisation........with a certain amount of truth in it.
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> EdRecently a person came back from the USA and said that "I am glad that I left this third world country". Somebody else told me that it could be horrible for old persons at an old people's home "I am glad to be here and not there". Many other non-US students are no more satisfied by the quality of the Universities such as Yale etc. More party instead of hard work.
But back to the topic, hopefully the US will not become a third world health care system. There's still much innovations there in some disciplines, no doubt.
sdb
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