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av8rdave

(10,617 posts) Wed Dec 4, 2024, 04:34 PM Dec 4

Murder is wrong. An eye for an eye is wrong. He has family and friends who are grieving. Tragic. [View all]

However, IMO it’s not at all inappropriate for the UHC CEO’s obituary to include the numbers of people he bankrupted and killed.

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Murder is wrong. An eye for an eye is wrong. He has family and friends who are grieving. Tragic. [View all] av8rdave Dec 4 OP

Guns and ammunition in the hands of the public. Frasier Balzov Dec 4 #1

Taking the Madame Nhu approach? Sneederbunk Dec 4 #2

Im not going to cry over a murdered murderer Fullduplexxx Dec 4 #3

Nor am I av8rdave Dec 4 #11

I haven't seen any posts advocating murder.... Think. Again. Dec 4 #29

Not crying is not advocating. dchill Dec 4 #51

I'm not DenaliDemocrat Dec 6 #71

No tears required. TheProle Dec 4 #23

he broke no laws because they made murder legal as long as it is done through insurance. Fullduplexxx Dec 4 #24

"Murder" is, by definition, unlawful. TheProle Dec 4 #26

Tell that to the women in Texas who die for lack of miscarriage care LearnedHand Dec 4 #32

THIS Hekate Dec 4 #46

There is the death penalty. Dem2theMax Dec 4 #33

No. TheProle Dec 4 #36

right so you dont call it murder you call it something else , like pre-existing conditions when they were allowed Fullduplexxx Dec 4 #38

You want to bet? There should be a moral to a law not just legally allowing let someone die when it Stargazer99 Dec 5 #60

I'd disagree with your definition... Happy Hoosier Dec 5 #67

this is false. not murder. murder is illegal. Groundhawg Dec 4 #43

Not when you ignore the lack of morality in a law Stargazer99 Dec 5 #61

The law is what defines murder. Groundhawg Dec 5 #62

Alas! The law is about what is legal... not what is just, or fair, or moral. keithbvadu2 Dec 6 #80

Apparently not when it's done by an algorithm Fullduplexxx Dec 5 #65

Perhaps you should have filed murder charges on him already? Groundhawg Dec 5 #68

Cant because that is legalize murder Fullduplexxx Dec 5 #69

There is no such thing as legal murder. Groundhawg Dec 6 #73

I disagree . Cutting people offer from their cancer medicine is murder Fullduplexxx Dec 6 #76

Please give me a link showing legal murder exists Groundhawg Dec 6 #81

I think ive explained myself well enough Fullduplexxx Dec 6 #84

No, I want you to show me where at any time murder is legal. What you describe isn't murder. Groundhawg Dec 6 #86

What do you call an act in which someone dilberately does something to someone that causes that someone to die? Fullduplexxx Dec 6 #87

Very unfortunate, and a call for congress to change the law that allows it to happen. Groundhawg Dec 6 #88

with enough power one can make laws that go against logic and responsibility- wake up or do you benefit by the set up Stargazer99 Dec 6 #89

When a judge hands down a sentence of death, it becomes legalized murder Omnipresent Dec 6 #78

When a judge hands down a death sentence, it isn't murder. Groundhawg Dec 6 #82

A person loses their life by the law.. Omnipresent Dec 6 #83

I haven't seen any posts in favor of his murder, only his death. Think. Again. Dec 4 #31

If it is was indeed an execution that is terrifying jfz9580m Dec 4 #44

A thoughtful and well-reasoned post. TheProle Dec 4 #45

Thanks and to be clear jfz9580m Dec 4 #47

Understood TheProle Dec 4 #49

His family can dab their tears with his piles of cash.. Happy Hoosier Dec 4 #4

How do we know it was "an eye for an eye" though? ck4829 Dec 4 #5

I was scolded for posting that UHC Made 74 billion last quarter XanaDUer2 Dec 4 #6

Repost it's so I can rec it malaise Dec 4 #16

I deleted it XanaDUer2 Dec 4 #19

Hope you feel better tomorrow malaise Dec 4 #20

Thanks XanaDUer2 Dec 4 #21

I hope you feel better XanaDUer2 jfz9580m Dec 4 #48

They got there by having a 32% claim denial rate SamuelTheThird Dec 4 #57

Only 32? DFW Dec 6 #91

He was basically the head of TxGuitar Dec 4 #7

Is this an Israel-Palestine post? Prairie Gates Dec 4 #8

Nope. av8rdave Dec 4 #10

LOL Prairie Gates Dec 4 #12

Many Cirsium Dec 4 #9

I'm sure the vast majority of them didn't spend their days killing other people at their day job. onecaliberal Dec 4 #30

Correct Cirsium Dec 4 #58

Agree.n/t CousinIT Dec 4 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Dec 4 #14

I get your point but malaise Dec 4 #15

apparently on DU gun violence can be A-OK depending on who is killed Skittles Dec 4 #17

I haven't seen any DU posts discussing how he was murdered and that it was a good way... Think. Again. Dec 4 #27

What about when murder isn't done actively using a weapon, but passively by denying needed healthcare coverage? markpkessinger Dec 4 #18

Yes XanaDUer2 Dec 4 #22

Health insurance company executives belong to a special group of monster parasites. dalton99a Dec 4 #25

dalton99a......... Upthevibe Dec 4 #37

I am against the death penalty too ColinC Dec 4 #28

I am against the death penalty too Keepthesoulalive Dec 4 #34

Its one of those unwritten rules in society for certain people -especially those who serve the rich and powerful ColinC Dec 4 #39

Would you say that if a mob boss was killed edhopper Dec 4 #35

he (and UHC) are getting trashed all over Reddit. I had no idea how hated they are BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 4 #40

Gizmodo wrote sn article sbout the trashing LeftInTX Dec 4 #41

I doubt he and his family took time during the holidays to remember those the company Hotler Dec 4 #42

CNN was just saying there are 100 million americans who have United Health coverage. applegrove Dec 4 #50

And every one of them a suspect. Demobrat Dec 4 #52

I care about him exactly as much as he cared about Demobrat Dec 4 #53

If murder is wrong, I seem to be living in the wrong country and planet. usonian Dec 4 #54

God's law says to treat others as you want to be treated and also warns about worshiping Mammon Stargazer99 Dec 6 #90

The disconnect between what people claim to believe and how they act and speak is astounding. usonian Dec 6 #92

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 4 #55

Thoughts and prayers for the guy that caused the death of thousands of people Cuthbert Allgood Dec 4 #56

Where have I heard "I am your retribution" before. Klarkashton Dec 5 #59

I don't care if they are grieving. alarimer Dec 5 #63

He was a botton line guy, If he could save a buck it didn't matter who died. Autumn Dec 5 #64

Sucks to be his family and friends i guess Asa13 Dec 5 #66

So many pearls GenThePerservering Dec 5 #70

You're swimming upstream, my friend. Patton French Dec 6 #72

Murder is wrong. Also, I give no shits that the CEO guy is dead. nt LexVegas Dec 6 #74

Spare us the inevitable DU guilt trips, OK? Paladin Dec 6 #75

If his family and friends want sympathy he should Emile Dec 6 #77

Yet this guy has gotten way more attention Woodwizard Dec 6 #79

Meanwhile, Republicans are doing all kinds of things that are wrong oldmanlynn Dec 6 #85