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@Editusrex,

Which is a shame for nice people.

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Somebody needs to start a restaurant called, 'Chick-Fil-Atheist' that's only open on Sunday.

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"One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time."

Andre Gide

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“We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte

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"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."

Robert F. Kennedy

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@Lustig Andrei,

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"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."

Then why do you run like a frightened gazelle whenever you run into things that challenge you mentally, Merry?

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The real war will never get in the books.”
― Walt Whitman

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“Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.”
Buddha

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@edgarblythe,

Unless there's a greater context involved in those thoughts, I'd have to say that the Buddha missed it on this one, Edgar.

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@JTT,

Every quote here can have qualifying exceptions. Generally, I agree with this one.

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@edgarblythe,

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Generally, I agree with this one.

The Buddha obviously didn't consider industrial pollution, Ed. People are responsible for contracting cancer, flu, colds, ... ? Children are responsible for congenital defects, ... ?

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@JTT,

In a sense we are responsible, in that we let them get away with it. Even once we educate ourselves to the danger of a bad environment and food supply, we continue to make bad choices for ourselves. And, once we are sick, most of us put our lives in the hands of profit driven concerns, which is a crap shoot.

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"There is a profound difference between apologizing for
your bad behavior and apologizing for how that
behavior affects others. Saying 'I'm sorry for the shi**y
thing I did to you' is a lot more honest and brave than
saying only 'I'm sorry that you feel bad.'" ~Carroll

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“If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as a sorry state as the souls who live under tyranny.”
― Thomas Jefferson

“The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.”
― Voltaire

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@edgarblythe,

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In a sense we are responsible,

Certainly we are, in a sense, Ed. But not in that sweeping sense that the quote of Buddha portrayed.

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@JTT,

That's a matter of opinion. Just as we allow disinformation in government and other aspects of our lives, we allow it re health and medicine. We owe it to ourselves and our loved ones to seek out that course which best benefits us and actually act on it. Who is to blame if we fail to make the effort?

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@edgarblythe,

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That's a matter of opinion.

Clearly, it isn't. The Buddha was mistaken [with the caveat I offered earlier] with his wide sweeping quote. Is the Buddha a he? Smile

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We owe it to ourselves and our loved ones to seek out that course which best benefits us and actually act on it.

Beyond some limited actions that really is a recipe for disaster.

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Who is to blame if we fail to make the effort?

Who is to blame when 'we' royally **** up and bury those loved ones who we had nowhere near the skills or knowledge to treat?

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@JTT,

I am not suggesting we become doctors. Just that we take true responsibility for ourselves. If I had not done it I would likely have died ten or fifteen years ago.

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“I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing

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You live and learn. At any rate, you live. ~Douglas Adams

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