Bob Myers > wrote:
>
>"Blair P. Houghton" > wrote in message
om...
>> You didn't choose to be fat until you realized it
>> would take work and patience to cure your disease.
>
>First of all, your unjustified assumption (demonstrated
>in the use of the word "your") is noted.

I think it was the words "you" and "choose to be fat"
that demonstrated my opinion. And it's not an assumption.
It's an educated guess. It could be wrong. I doubt it is.

>Second, exactly how does this differ from any
>OTHER lifestyle choice which involves risk?

It doesn't. Those are stupid, too.

Risk is risk because it results in a reduced expected
value. If you risk your life you are asking for your life
to be shortened, on average, to that reduced expected
value. Every time you take that risk you are saying
"take N years off my life." If you're in the lucky half,
it will be fewer than N. But if you're in the other half,
it will be more.

>(For that matter, can you name a choice which does
>NOT involve options with different degrees of personal
>risk?)

I can name choices that involve options with much
less risk than being fat.

--Blair