Comments on: Celebrating the NHS http://timworstall.com/2008/06/22/celebrating-the-nhs/ It is all obvious or trivial except... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:45:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Cleanthes http://timworstall.com/2008/06/22/celebrating-the-nhs/comment-page-1/#comment-14168 Cleanthes Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:36:45 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/06/22/celebrating-the-nhs/#comment-14168 John, Ummm... I don't think that you've quite got the point. The Observer is trying to extrapolate from an anecdote which is dangerous in itself. You appear to be making the same mistake. Tim's point is that even if the anecdote is true, it doesn't prove the general case - that socialised medicine can do this <i>in general</i>. It is perfectly absurd to go the extra step to suggest that <i>only</i> socialised medicine can do this <i>in general</i>. So, no. That wasn't his point. John,

Ummm… I don’t think that you’ve quite got the point.

The Observer is trying to extrapolate from an anecdote which is dangerous in itself. You appear to be making the same mistake.

Tim’s point is that even if the anecdote is true, it doesn’t prove the general case – that socialised medicine can do this in general. It is perfectly absurd to go the extra step to suggest that only socialised medicine can do this in general.

So, no. That wasn’t his point.

]]> By: John A http://timworstall.com/2008/06/22/celebrating-the-nhs/comment-page-1/#comment-14155 John A Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:58:48 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/06/22/celebrating-the-nhs/#comment-14155 So even socialized medicine can produce good modern health services that match that available in other more privatized systems - I'm sure that wasn't your point was it? So even socialized medicine can produce good modern health services that match that available in other more privatized systems – I’m sure that wasn’t your point was it?

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