Comment by fsckboy

>I'll believe you actually hold this opinion after you die from an entirely curable decease.

what does that have to do with anything?

narcissism and self importance are adaptive features we use to propel our genes into the future but that doesn't mean anybody else should care or help us, they are trying to look out for their own offspring

I'm talking about public policy, not your or my personal feelings. I think public policy should focus on creating the strongest possible tribe for the future.

when I hear people here whinge on the daily about how health care should be free for everybody, I yawn. No matter what line item something is in the budget, I want to hear "what do you think we should say "no" to? We can never buy all of everything, there are always tradeoffs, and if you aren't willing to announce your tradeoffs, you aren't serious.

what feelgood items will you say no to?

oh, and your other challenge, you would have been closer to the mark if you said "fsckboy, the only way you could hold that opinion is if you have been so remarkably healthy and accident free your entire life that it doesn't even make sense to you the degree to which other people want to endlessly talk about their personal and family frailties" nobody has ever needed to save my life, and i'm old now so nobody should care. Neither one of my parents ever took a single day off of work for illness.