On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it belittles free will a bit when you bring it down to the > level of an addict avoiding triggers. I also think it shows a > misunderstanding of addiction to try to solve it with free will.
That was never the basis of my argument - I was answering a question. > From > what I understand, that's about like telling Larry that he should > accept personal responsibility for having diabetes. Well, I'd say that to the extent that a disease is caused by known activities, the individual does have to take some responsibility for it. All of the causes of Diabetes are not really that well understood so it doesn't really apply in that case. There is certainly a very large part of Diabetes that really has nothing at all to do with personal choice. I would, however, say that if someone with Diabetes were to eat an inappropriate diet and violate doctor's advice, they really have no-one to blame but themselves when something bad happens. Having said that - I do sincerely hope anyone on this list with Diabetes is eating right and taking good care of themselves. Smokers getting lung cancer on the other hand, maybe leans a little more towards the personal accountability side. Even then I agree there is still alot of grey in these areas. It's really just a way an individual chooses to live their life - blaming everyone else for everything in their life, or accepting responsibility for their own actions. This whole thread began with someone (the pilot) who was clearly blaming everyone else for his problems, and was unwilling to accept responsibility for anything. -Cameron ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312519 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
