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Gene GeRue wrote:

> Bev, you are losing me. Surely you would not advise unnecessary sun 
> exposure to today's sun. No, we can't take back those sunburned noses 
> of our youth. But we can, today, right now, act according to 
> available information.

Well, of course we can act accordingly, but that may not prevent the 
disease, which is my point, that even though you take precautions and 
make "good life choices" sometimes it doesn't matter.  Call it luck or 
genetics or fate or God's will or whatever, IT HAPPENS.  You have said 
in previous posts that all bad things are human caused, basically a 
result of personal action or inaction by extention.  I simply disagree.

> >   Likewise, one's own driving habits does not insure
> > safety.
>
> Bev, I cannot maintain serious attention here if the focus is to be 
> on argumentative exceptions. We know a whole lot today about health 
> and safety. If we choose to ignore that information we increase our 
> risk. I hope you will not ignore knowledge because sometimes it seems 
> not to present the total picture. We keep learning or we keep making 
> the same mistakes.

Gene, my WHOLE point is that there ARE exceptions.  Originally, you 
lumped everyone into the same boat with your comment on personal choice 
and habits causing disease.
Many times, you are right in that what we do determines our fate, but 
not always,  There are exceptions, and in the case of those exceptions, 
it could be said that one was lucky or unlucky, that there are genetic 
predispositions (good or bad), etc.

B
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BevanRon of EarthNSky Farm   NW Georgia USDA Zone 7
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