Re: How much do people care about their own health? (Was: dorepublicans/politicians care...)

2003-01-17 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Russell Chapman wrote: What's new is the smart card children use to buy this stuff. Parents have the option to allow/disallow various foods by item or category, or allow weekly quotas of specific foods/categories. Because parents aren't giving the children cash to buy their lunch (as I

RE: How much do people care about their own health? (Was: dorepublicans/politicians care...)

2002-12-23 Thread Leonard Crystall
On 22 Dec 2002 at 23:45, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 12:51 AM 12/18/02 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: AFAIK, Homosexuality and Low/High IQ's are not recognized in the medical community as diseases. True. I threw those in for discussion since _some_ people have treated them as diseases either

Re: How much do people care about their own health? (Was: dorepublicans/politicians care...)

2002-12-23 Thread Richard Baker
Andy said: (And a certain short storyAsimov? If any of you are still white, we can cure you) Arthur C. Clarke, Reunion. Rich GCU One Line Reply ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: How much do people care about their own health? (Was: dorepublicans/politicians care...)

2002-12-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn! Blankenship wrote: Okay, so we outlaw alcohol, tobacco, and all other recreational drugs (including coffee and tea?), as well as unhealthy/excessive food. The problem is, all of the things you list above except the tobacco and unhealthy food have been shown to have some health benefits

Re: How much do people care about their own health? (Was: dorepublicans/politicians care...)

2002-12-17 Thread Russell Chapman
Ronn! Blankenship wrote: Most unhealthy foods are not unhealthy unless consumed in excessive amounts and/or to the exclusion of other foods, leading to an unbalanced diet. Who will be the food police to check out the contents of everyone's cabinets and refrigerator? Or will there be

Re: How much do people care about their own health? (Was: dorepublicans/politicians care...)

2002-12-17 Thread Deborah Harrell
In preface, I think you took my 'Evil Overlady' without her smileys... :) --- Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: - Ronn! Blankenship wrote: OTOH, where *does* one¹ hold the line on health costs? _ ¹Be that one the government, an HMO, a private