Sidney Lambe wrote:
> On alt.food.vegan, George Leppla > wrote:
>> Sidney Lambe wrote:
>>> On alt.food.vegan, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> [delete]
>>>
>>> Another brain-dead vidiot who just believes whatever the TV
>>> tells him.
>>>
>>> I look at the real world and I remember what it was like when I
>>> was a kid in the 1950's. Healthy old people all over the place
>>> who died comfortably in their sleep after playing with their
>>> great-grandchildren all day long.. The average person capable
>>> of doing hard work all day long. Serious diseases so rare that
>>> they were the talk of the town when they happenned. People who
>>> only went to the doctor once every 5 years and almost no one had
>>> health insurance. Almost no "rest homes" (which was what they
>>> were called then).
>
>> Let's look at some facts.
>>
>> In 1950, average life expectancy was 65.5 years for men, 71
>> years for women ( http://aging.senate.gov/crs/aging1.pdf page
>> 6) In 2006, average life expectancy for men was 75.4 years and
>> for women it was 80.7 years.
>>
>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...cle/2008/06/11
>> /AR2008061101570.html
>>
>> I'll do the math for you..... people now are living 10 years
>> longer than they did back in the 50's.
>>
>> The "good old days" weren't always so good.
>>
>> George L
>
> You actually believe what the government publishes. That's
> incredible.


OK... then go out and find some independent research and prove these
number wrong. I'll wait.....

You made the point, now back it up with facts.

George L