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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Well, sure, "technically" bad things are human caused.  However, there is no 
way to stop other humans from causing you (the generic you) to be involved 
in an accident.

No one was to know that some drunk would think it was cute to bury a broken 
beer bottle jagged side up at the bottom of a slide so that Son #3 would 
land on when he went flying down the slide.  17 stitches in the arch of his 
foot later, we could all sit around and say "what if" but that is just plain 
silly.

Nor could we have known in advance that as he was walking past a metal pole 
that a bunch of kids would come running around a corner and he'd get pushed 
into the pole and chip a tooth.

And again, when he played Pop Warner, there was no way to know that another 
kid would decide to spear him in the back with his helmet and cause a back 
injury.

Sometimes "sh*t happens" because there is no way to control others.  I 
suppose we could have wrapped him up in cotton batting and refused to allow 
him to play sports or to have more energy than 20 other kids put together. 
We could have refused him the roller blades (road rash), playing baseball 
(another chipped tooth), playing soccer (hamstring), playing hockey 
(concussion), climbing trees (cuts and scrapes) and all those other things 
that boys do but we didn't, so having insurance was a good thing.

So, just curious, what diseases are you going to prevent by "choice" and 
what do you mean by "choice?"

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene GeRue" <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Insurance


> > This being a world where accidents and disease happen despite
> > our best efforts, . . . .
>
> I wrote about luck and chance a few weeks ago. I feel the same about
> accidents. And I think disease can be prevented by choice. Contrary
> to the happy "S--t happens," I feel that bad happenings are human caused.
>
> > Anyway, old farts have the option of Medicare (though the so-called
> > prescription drug benefit is a scam).
>
> I decline to accept and pay for Medicare Part B. Drugs? Don't use them.
>
> I am, however, in favor of a national health care plan, for pragmatic
> reasons. Should the DC Whorehouse ever create one, I will willingly
> pay my fair share of its cost.
>
>
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