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I do believe I am no one that should look down upon anyone and for sure no one should exalt themselves or think themselves better than others when they are actually just more blessed than others and should be thankful their life is so good.
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Thanks, KIR. Makes me very sad that more people don't agree with you. It seems that whenever someone gets sick, the shame-and-blame chorus starts singing about what the person must have done to bring it on themselves. Birth defects or genetic diseases? Something the mother must have done, or eaten, or inhaled, or lived near. This serves to both insulate and glorify the blamer: "That couldn't possibly happen to ME."
There is a virulent undercurrent of hatred and dread towards overweight people in this county. God forbid they get so much as a hangnail, because some claptrap research will be trotted out to say that it's related to obesity. I'm tired of hearing about everyone's freaking tax dollars used to treat alcoholics or addicts or people in persistent vegetative states. The overtone of eugenics and a master race is quite disturbing.