Justtristo Wrote:I would bet everything I had, that Australian politician would dare to say what Ron Paul said in a Republican Primary debate, about leaving a guy to die if he had no capacity to pay for his treatment (even if it would save his life).
In fairness to the truth and to Ron Paul, he did not advocate letting the hypothetical man die. When he was asked the question by the moderator, the audience, full of moron conservaties, screamed, "Yes!" He then promptly said that was not right.
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