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Unamerican! How do the students work out which of the people on the list can afford to buy a kidney.

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Plus, all the <strike>wealthy white Protestants</strike>right people survive, so I don't see what the problem is here.

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The pimp. Always go for the pimp. He has better weapons you can loot off the body.

Come to think of it, GTA is a remarkably apt model for moral decision-making in today's Amercia.

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I think the hooker should try going to a different hospital, that's not run by teenagers.

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The grifting moron queen is very afraid that no one in the Palin 'family' -- especially her -- would make the cut in real life. (C'mon, Bristol would be thrown overboard before a brick.)

So I totally understand her position.

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Watch it!

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“'The first thing I thought was they were desensitizing kids to death panels,' he told me. 'They are preparing them for it.'”

Sadly, I do believe that was his first "thought."

Ever.

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Truth. And also, some additional information on the skin color and religious affiliation would have helped, yes?

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Kinda easy job. The Evangelicals can't wait to see Jeebus again so they self-deport.

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I believe that's a group that polls very strongly in favor of a Palin presidency too.

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In my version of the exercise there are - a fetus - a wonkette commenter - a billionaire Only one can survive!

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Here's how real death panels work:

Dr. A: "What do you think about Mrs. Jones?" Dr. B: "Who's Mrs. Jones?" Dr. A: "You know, that woman we did with the huge midline hernia." Dr. B: "Oh yeah, her... Jesus, what a basket case!" Dr. A: "No kidding! What do you think we oughta do?" Dr. B: "I don't think we should do anything." Dr. A: "Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Do you know what's for lunch in the Doctor's Lounge?"

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<em>Among those unceremoniously dispatched to the hereafter were an ex-convict, a prostitute, college student and a disabled person</em>

...I'm not sure why he is getting his panties in a tangle, it looks like the kids decided to kill all the liberals! I'm starting to think Obamacare thing may have been a bad idea!

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Killing off fictitious characters in a sociology assignment is outrageous! What's next, euthanizing imaginary friends?!

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...if we keep posting similar comments, it's only going to reinforce the stereotype that all black people communicate through a hive mind like the "Borg"!

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sigh we did the same assignment in high school except it was a group of people in a bomb shelter after a nuclear war. I guess it's ok if you're facing this dillema because your country just killed an assload of commies.

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