Those naughty Canadians! 
[quote=“ChewDawg”]Those naughty Canadians! 
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Yeah. That post was already quoted. You couldn’t be bothered reading the whole thread before piling on to the Canadians, could you?
It’s like clockwork lol.
What’s a “clockwork lol”, Precious?
And here’s another Canadian being talked a boat in the news today:
Get yer boot in.
If I found myself in a capitalist economy after growing up in a nanny state I’d find myself permanently disoriented too. I say give the kid a break by reason of indoctrination.
Ha! You’ll perhaps be surprised to hear that this “capitalist economy” turned to a Canadian model (BC actually) in setting up the hugely popular health care system in the 1990s. I’d be expect it’d be Americans who’d feel “permanently disoriented” by actually having some health coverage. 
But do carry on.
Guy
Ha! You’ll perhaps be surprised to hear that this “capitalist economy” turned to a Canadian model (BC actually) in setting up the hugely popular health care system in the 1990s. I’d be expect it’d be Americans who’d feel “permanently disoriented” by actually having some health coverage.
But do carry on.
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And no guns, either! You gotta good point. Still, it’s a jungle out there and Canadians are falling like flies.
+1, I guess even my wife would agree
[quote=“tommy525”]Things are bad if you are robbing a 7/11, anywhere in the world.
He’s broke in Taiwan. GF lives in Denmark. Could be kind of broke herself, who knows. And it’s rare that a 7/11 clerk will bother wrestling with a crook. All for what ? 100nt/hour they get paid?
One side note, Taiwan has some cute girl reporters.
They all seem to have that high pitched voice and talk very fast though. But thats because a high pitched voice makes the words clearer and talking fast is so they can slot in commercials that bring in the $$$$$. Am I having a conversation with myself again?[/quote]
Not the first foreigner on this Island to rob a 7-11. Won’t be the last.
Why would anyone rob a place that has more cameras in one place than 10 blocks in the West is beyond me. Plus they deal mostly in credit, very little cash on premises -and frequently evacuated if so. Plus so many people in and out all the time. Plus… ad nauseum.
The high pitch tone is supposed to be “cute”. The fast pace is “to add emotion”. They are taught to talk like that. Seriously.
[quote=“tommy525”]Things are bad if you are robbing a 7/11, anywhere in the world.
He’s broke in Taiwan. GF lives in Denmark. Could be kind of broke herself, who knows. And it’s rare that a 7/11 clerk will bother wrestling with a crook. All for what ? 100nt/hour they get paid?[/quote]
Aren’t Taiwanese employees responsible for theft or loss of money from their employer in stores or restaurants? I thought that was why I always get followed around in small stores (because the taiwanese employee thinks I will steal something)
Probably. Remember the cameraman who drowned because he was holding on to his camera in a typhoon flood, since if he let go he would have to pay for it…
The news didn’t disclose his name or appearance yet. And a GF in Denmark? The whole story seems to be a bunch of fabricated BS.
As someone who briefly met this guy:
He wasn’t unemployed, he was teaching English. His girlfriend broke up with him a while ago and left for Europe and he became depressed and subsequently went crazy. He was meant to board a flight to Europe on the same day he committed the robbery.
Different media sources have provided his first and last name, so you can put those together if you really want to. Apple Daily also has the security cam footage.
Come on, use your brain a little, Taiwanese media can be pretty dumb but they won’t just completely make up stories for fun.
super_lucky: great answers!
how old was this guy? seems like teenage behaviour.
The:“My girlfriend left me and now I’m a single waiguoren in Taiwan” sounds like a weird way to start suffering from depression. I know a few guys who’d consider that a cure for depression.
When my GF left me eons ago, I felt great and free. I could wear whatever I wanted, eat food from little eateries around Taichung instead of planning meals at expensive shops because the diva GF just wanted the best (and more expensive fare). Good riddance to that bitc***.
You should do like me: marry a girl that let’s me wear what I want, enjoys cheap meals and is happy to have a quick bicycle trip during weekends as long as we’re together!
Ha! You’ll perhaps be surprised to hear that this “capitalist economy” turned to a Canadian model (BC actually) in setting up the hugely popular health care system in the 1990s. I’d be expect it’d be Americans who’d feel “permanently disoriented” by actually having some health coverage.
But do carry on.
Guy[/quote]
You’re joking right? It is normal for policymakers to look at numerous systems before deciding on a model and if you think the BC system is the model for Taiwan’s, you’re misinformed as they are quite different. Some thoughts on where they are fundamentally different
- First of all, you are comparing apples to oranges. One is a national system (Taiwan’s) and one is a subnational system (BC) that meets the requirements of national legislation (receives money from the federal system to deliver a core set of services but can charge extra medical premium charges).
- Taiwan is way more of a hybrid public-private system (still has private hospitals and nothing in Taiwan’s system outlaws private sector initiatives). In Canada’s system, other than dental, optical, therapist, cosmetic surgery and minor elective surgery, or services that are not readily available in Canada and cross border services are needed (life or death situations because of waiting lists, experimental drugs not yet available etc), it is mandated that all other services be provided by the public system. Canada’s and BC’s is way more socialist in terms of its structure.
- Canada’s periphery (not core services) services are capitalist but hurt the consumer and working poor more than Taiwan’s system. Taiwan’s system, despite allowing for more private sector tinkering, is actually cheaper for the masses because drugs are included in the small user fee/monthly fee (which is way cheaper than Canadian and BC pharmacy and MSP fees).
Canada’s system, despite the socialist Kumbaya rheteoric and love by misinformed expats that use it as a weapon against the US system, is actually pretty expensive for the common person. BC’s system charges MSP premiums of 70US per month for universal coverage (which many employers pay but large numbers of Canadians/BC citizens have to pay themselves).
If you don’t have an extended work plan for drugs and other benefits (I did have extended coverage and ended up paying like 4% of drug costs at the pharmacy), you are also paying out of pocket for drug costs in the pharmacy (some costs will be subsidized by Pharmacare but it is not extensive).
So in BC/Canada you basically have a socialist core system that you pay for in monthly user fees in most provinces (in NWT and some provinces it is free but most charge) and are supporting a private sector pharmacy system that is only marginally subsidized (or mostly if you have a decent job). If you have chronic conditions, are lower middle class (not poor enough to receive freebies) and don’t have a good job, you can easily be paying 700 or 800 dollars a month is MSP fees and drug costs. Much more than US monthly insurance costs or Taiwan’s minor fees. Hardly socialist or superior to European or Asian systems. 
Taiwan’s system is also superior in infrastructure/equipment, less waiting times and removing gatekeepers. Canada’s/BC’s is better for diagnosis.
Back in the daze we had a friend who had a penchant for nicking the small bottles of Jack Daniels at the 7-11s. 1/3 visits to a 7-11 he’d whip a bottle out of his jocks and slug it. He did it so many times at the 7-11 by my place that the camera caught him and the clerks pulled me aside one evening and asked who and where my friend was.
I proclaimed I didn’t know the bugger, and made sure he didn’t rob that 7-11 again.
He also had a habit of robbing scooters outside 7-11s if they were left running or the keys were in the ignition.
He’s since quit booze, and moved back to Taichung six months ago. Bit of a bore now, but at least not a problem friend.