good point, kat. it is going to get to be a point of
contention in public discussion and will find its way
into politics. i would think it will get to a point
that a line will have to be drawn. maybe at the self
inflicted problems. but, then we get into what is self
inflicted. i personally think that some overweight
people have it in their genes, others thinks it is all
a will power thing. and that will be true of so other
ills. 

--- Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> You do have a valid point, Ken but what's next,
> penalizing people  
> because they're overweight?  Yes, I think we'll be
> at that point  
> soon.  And then what's next, charging higher
> premiums for group  
> members with disabilities because they incur higher
> costs?
> 
> Kat
> 
> On 12 Mar 2006, at 20:42, ken barber wrote:
> 
> > just to stir the pudding a little. yes, there is
> > privacy rights, but then should employers have to
> pay
> > higher insurance rates for what someone decides to
> do
> > at their home? one might have to give up some
> rights
> > to keep from trampling on the rights of employers
> to
> > not hire someone who is going to drive up his cost
> of
> > doing business. stir it up just a bit.
> >
> > --- Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> You mean susceptible, don't you?   And yes, some
> >> people are more
> >> likely to get lung cancers than others, but
> remember
> >> that it's not
> >> all genetics or all environmental causes.  It's a
> >> combination of the
> >> two and very hard to predict.
> >>
> >> My mother died of a fast-killing lung disease -
> not
> >> cancer - that was
> >> likely related to her working with toxious
> chemicals
> >> when working for
> >> the film industry in Hollywood in the 1940s and
> >> 1950s.  She did
> >> smoke, but doctors didn't think her disease was
> >> triggered by the
> >> smoking.  My opinion is, it might not have been
> the
> >> direct cause but
> >> it certainly didn't help her any.
> >>
> >> I myself smoked for seven years but I never
> smoked
> >> more than a half a
> >> pack a day and found it very easy to quit and
> it's
> >> been almost 30
> >> years since I quit.  I don't like eating in
> >> restaurants that still
> >> have smoking sections, and I think it's fine to
> >> outlaw smoking in
> >> public places, but I don't think anyone has any
> >> right to tell smokers
> >> they can't smoke in the privacy of their own
> homes.
> >>
> >> Kat
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 12 Mar 2006, at 15:23, Anthony Arnold wrote:
> >>
> >>> This is a real good question that Kathy Jo
> brought
> >> up, are some
> >>> people more
> >>> acceptable for developing lung cancer than
> others
> >> are?  For
> >>> example, my
> >>> Grandpa smoked for over 60 years, and never
> really
> >> had any major
> >>> health
> >>> problems according to my knowledge.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Anthony
> >>> Visit my website at www.anthonyarnold.net
> >>
> >
> >
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