OT: Lifestyles and ... Drug assistance plan

[Guest guest]

Very well said, Chris!!

 

RJ

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[Guest guest]

I hope that this subject can be generally settled - or taken private,

cause I know we'll never solve it here, and folks are only going to get

upset about it I understand all of the passionate views expressed. I

personally allowed Evelyn to post this info about this because I do feel

that it is a subject that touches the lives of MANY people of this

world, directly or indirectly.

 

Now, that being said ... I want to address briefly the idea about

lifestyles and disease and assistance ... its not all so cut and dry.

 

I agree that there are an unfortunate number of folks out there who care

nothing for themselves, or anyone else, and CHOOSE to live crappy lives,

with crappy lifestyles and even crappier consequences (have witnessed it

first hand) and there are those who get caught caught up in crappy

lifestyles but one day CHOOSE to help themselves, fight their demons and

strive for something better.

 

And then there are certainly situations where through no fault of their

own folks run into major health problems - YES you can still get

diseases from blood transfusions, just some months back - and I'll find

the story if anyone wants - there was an issue with a whole lot of blood

that was improperly tested. Yes, there are spouses who are loving and

trusting and get an STD - sometimes deadly - from a cheating mate. Yes,

there are babies born with diseases because their parents had the

disease and passed it along, and they are destined to a life filled with

problems because of that ....

 

If we really want to get down to the nitty gritty of the matter when it

comes to diseases (and I'm not referring to mental diseases, I'm talking

physical here), MANY of us fall victim to ailments due to our lifestyle

choices, and that can include getting the flu or a stomach virus.

Whether a person got AIDS because they made a careless sexual decision,

or got the flu because they didn't nurture their immune systems when

everyone around them in the office was coming down with a cold, whether

someone gets diabetes because they lived a sedentary lifestyle and made

poor food choices, or whether they got cancer from smoking ... we cannot

have countless members of our society dying in the streets and cannot

hoard medications and care (natural or prescription) for only the rich

who can afford to pay to live. I am not one for redistribution of

wealth, or for cradle to grave social democratic coddling, but I also

realize that is far more important to spend gov't grant money to help

save people's lives over finding out which apple is the sweetest ;-p

 

I truly feel that as a whole we have to take charge of our health more,

and not be so dependent on doctors, prescription drugs and the

pharmaceutical industry. We have to be aware of the choices we make and

how they will affect us down the road, but we also have to be

compassionate and not watch the most grievously ill in our society

suffer and die without even blinking when we were able to assist in some

way.

 

Now, back to Oils_Herbs and of course ... the Etc .....

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

http://www.alittleolfactory.com