Originally Posted by
Al Czervik
You don't get it my friend. People far smarter than you and me have studied this. Their answer: disease. Your problem is that you see it as a moral delinquency. I assume you're not a total idiot and you would agree with me that type 1 diabetes is a disease. Just like an alcoholic the body reaches a chemical imbalance and exceeds a threshold. Now the disease is out of the hands of the individual. Well, type 1 diabetes cannot be cured...it can be managed. When a diabetic goes into shock we don't armchair QB them and say bull crapola it's not my fault I go into shock. The individuals that think like you simply don't get it. Calling BS on something you don't comprehend...not the smartest.
Comparing an alcoholic to a diabetic? And you say that I don't understand? So with what you're saying, alcoholism just "develops" in a person without any of their own knowledge or actions? Interesting. And don't get me started on not being a doctor; just because a "medical expert" deems it something (often under political pressure from the ama et al) does NOT make it gospel. Think about how asinine your comparison is. I think I'm gonna get off this trip to go home and get my nine year old screened for alcoholism. Although they've never seen alcohol, the "disease" may be lingering in them just as diabetes may. Give me a frickin break. The sooner we stop making
Excuses for people and start showing them the error in their ways, the better off we will ALL be.