DesideriScuri
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ORIGINAL: Iamsemisweet I'll ask again, DS , why just sex? Gee, let's see. The lifestyle choices we are making here, on this board, have an awful lot to do with sex, do they not? Add into that, the allegations Hilary made, and you wonder why I'm talking about sex? Had this post originated as a discussion of energy subsidies and tax cuts, that would be how I tailored my responses. So, I turn it back to you and ask, "why not just sex in a thread that is about sex?" quote:
Why not have tax payer assisted plans, like Medicaid, refuse diabetes treatment to obese patients? They made bad food decisions, after all, so fuck 'em. Or refuse treatment for respiratory ailments to smokers? The dumb asses shouldn't have smoked. I would guess that the health care costs for obesity and smoking far outstrips the cost of paying for birth control. So, it's all about "cost-savings" then? What happens when costs continue to rise? What then? Do you not see where this ends? Do you not see how there will be no stopping that spiral? quote:
Birth control, in fact, results in health care cost savings, since pregnancy is expensive. Yes, I know you think women should keep their legs closed, but in the real world I doubt even the most hardened person would say that women should be denied medical care for pregnancy if they can't afford to pay for it themselves. Hell, why not take it a step farther and require people who receive public assistance to post a daily food log, so we can all critique their food choices? Personally, I find it more offensive that my tax dollars go towards buying unhealthy processed food than birth control. Excellent reductio ad absurdum. The only scary part is that it's not all that far fetched. quote:
My guess is, you are not getting any, so you expect others should be celibate too. Doesn't work that way in the real world. Your limiting all this " responsibility or pay for yourself" talk to sex, though, is pretty incredible, in light of the fact that so many medical conditions are related to bad choices. Guess you don't have the same hang ups about food that you do about sex, though. Glad to see you can keep things impersonal. Oddly enough, I do eat more often that I have sex, but I'm willing to bet that I'm in the vast majority there. Plus, since I've stopped "not getting any," my beliefs have altered 0%. Check out my signature.
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What I support: - A Conservative interpretation of the US Constitution
- Personal Responsibility
- Help for the truly needy
- Limited Government
- Consumption Tax (non-profit charities and food exempt)
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