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To: Neocon who wrote (118159)	10/31/2003 8:37:59 AM
From: Elsewhere	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

First, I did not bash "Old Europe" You wrote: The funny thing is that the heatwave, and some other recent events, suggest that they have a defective welfare state "Defective welfare state" is an unwarranted exaggeration. If you want to stand by it then it would be justified to label the US healthcare system a total failure judging from its inability to reduce obesity-related deaths. Second, your jibes are misplaced. I was not discussing poor health habits among the French, but the performance of their public health system. Not being able to educate a country's citizens on a sufficient level about the dangers of bad life styles is equally a similar failure of the health system. Third, it is not as if the French public has not been outraged at the performance of their public health officials At least they notice their deficiencies.