Huh, social issues, gee could we have any more broad of a choice? I am floundering trying to pick just one topic, there are a few that are standing out to me because of their personal connection to my life. Physician-assisted suicide is one subject that I would like to delve into and the other would be the obesity epidemic. For me these topics are closely related because they are ultimately about choice. Our society protects some choices to the extreme and then limits others and I can only think how unfair and odd it is. I also like that these are hot button issues and I am guaranteed to cheese off a few people by my particular stance.
Why is it ok for someone to choose to be obese? And why amd I supposed to be tolerant and understanding of that choice? Or worse yet act like it isn't a choice? What are the monetary costs to society at large? What part does society play and what part is personal responsibility?
Have you ever watched someone die a slow and painful death? How about someone you love, a parent or a sibling? Have you ever felt the impotent misery of hearing a fatal diagnosis? When does the Puritanical belief of allowing God's will to decide someone's time of death become just cruel? If after seeing your father die slowly for weeks in pain and loss of rational thought would you change your position?
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Some people don't have the choice to be obese. It is something that could be genetic. Some people does not have good metabolism and therefore have a much harder time burning more calories then they are eating. I can also see from your point of view how some people can seem "lazy" and not even try to loose weight. It seems like it is easier for some to eat junk and complain about gaining weight, and not doing anything about it.
Physician-assisted "suicide" is a very sensitive subject, however it is something that I can agree on when it comes to people being in pain, or not having any life will left. I think it is more cruel to let someone live who does not want to.
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