On Thu, 30 Jun 2016 20:57:35 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:



"James Wilkinson" wrote in message
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On Thu, 30 Jun 2016 04:22:16 +0100, Rod Speed
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"James Wilkinson" wrote in message
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dennis@home wrote
James Wilkinson wrote
dennis@home wrote
James Wilkinson wrote

The NHS is basically a compulsory health insurance, and a
****ty one at that. Insurance should never be compulsory.

I take that aussies don't need car insurance either, eh rod.

I'm in Scotland, not Australia. Have you not seen me arguing with
Rod?

I've seen rod arguing with rod.

More of your lies.

And no, we shouldn't have to have car insurance. Just make
everyone pay for the damage to their own car in an accident.

So buy third party insurance then.

No thanks. I prefer to pay for what damage I do.

I'd like to do the same, but it's illegal in the UK.

Our third party insurance is compulsory, but only pays for personal
injury, not damage to the cars or property they run into.

That's the way I'd like it, but it's illegal to do that in the UK. Some
bull**** about you might write off a Ferrari and be unable to pay.

That last is a risk we are free to take.

Snobs over here get upset about being so rich they can afford a Ferrari and worrying a chav with a Lada might break it.

The problem with the personal injury is that now that is paid for by
the NHS or equivalent anyway, so why have insurance for that now ?

Agreed - it's inconsistent.

Tho certainly if say you are crippled for life, you can make a case
that there should be insurance to pay the cripple for ending up like that.

You could make that case but I don't agree with it.

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