Hooray, Yahtzee disagreeing with my opinion in a still entertaining way.

If the personalities of the classes fit the personalities of the people who play them, the sniper would definitely act like this.

Choggie, I have done a fair deal of research into the topic of Single Payer Health care systems and I have to object to your glib and one sided presentation of the topic.

First suggesting that the distribution of health care resources is an 'ancillary issue' that we 'hem and haw over' is really selling the issue short. People live and die based on the stance we take. While you could validly argue that there are more important issues out there, that does not mean that this individual issue is unimportant.

Secondly your description of America's top notch health care only truly applies to the clinics that are available to those with enough money. Meanwhile many lower/lower middle class Americans choose not to completely mortgage their future and wind up far more ill or dead because of this decision. While America does have the best health care in the world, its limited availability has resulted in America having one of the shortest life expectancies and highest infant mortality rates in the western world.

Third, the flaws that are admittedly present in more socialized health care systems are not sufficient to completely disregard it as a possibility. People are often forced to wait and taxes would be noticeably higher. However, all Americans would be able to go to see medical professionals, even when they do not require emergency medical care.

Finally, a more socialized health care system could be beneficial to our economy. Though taxes would rise, people would not be paying the same ungodly insurance rates or hospital bills. People would feel far more financial freedom as they can now spend more of their hard earned money on themselves, without having to worry about one injury putting them in the poor house.

While I admit that their are valid objections to socialized health care/ health insurance, the hostile rejection it often receives is completely unneeded. We can discuss the topic without resorting to narrow mindedness, generalizations or petty name calling.

1997, seems like yesterday. Only... seems like the yesterday when I was ten years old.

The Indigo prophecy syndrome is the result of one apparent law of game developer nature. This law works as follows. As a series of games in a real world setting is developed, it becomes exponentially more likely that the developers will get bored and throw in magic or science fiction. (See Return to Castle Wolfenstein or Battlefield 2142)