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Should smokers and the obese be denied coronary artery bypass surgery?

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No
81% 622 votes Total: 765 votes
Yes
19% 143 votes

by M. L. Kiser

Created on: May 14, 2009   Last Updated: April 14, 2010

My God!  Have we become such a heartless society that we even have to debate this?  Has humanity as a race of beings reached the point where care and concern for others of our species is a question of whether to help them or not?  If so, then I think that is horribly sad and twisted.  We have become a nation of barbarians who have no concern for the welfare of others.


It is justified to deny someone medical treatment because they got hit by a car while crossing the street just because they jaywalked or chose to go out of their home that day, on foot?  Do we leave the bullet in the hunter that accidently shot himself in the foot?  Should people who get hurt while doing their job be denied treatment because they chose to go to work that day?  To the child who is hurt on the playground simply because he was out there playing?  Should we deny food and clothing to the poor simply because they are poor?  The whole thought of denying someone medical treatment at all, is assinine!


When one stops to consider the toxins in our food and water that can create weight problems for people.  Additives that are carcinogenic, like Aspartame which is in Splenda and Nutrisweet that actually cause a reverse reaction in our bodies that causes weight gain; Tributyltin which is actually a wood preservative used in our foods.  Carcinogens like DDT and bispheynols which can cause breathing and heart problems among a host of other ailments.  How can a person begin to refuse medical treatment to another human being? 


There are over 77,000 chemicals that can cause obesity and heart problems that are in our food, water and even our air.  (See my article: What you should know about food additives and chemicals, on Helium).  Should we deny medical treatment to anyone who gets food poisoning or has a reaction the the additives in our food or water?


It’s an established fact obesity can be genetic; that many overweight people have overweight parents or ancestors.  http://www.cdc.gov/Features/Obesity/.  


http://weight-loss.emedtv.com/obesity/genetics-and-o besity.html


http://www.righthealth.com/Health/Is%20Obesity%20Inh erited-s?lid=yhoo-ads-sb-7460722696


Much of the world’s weight gain is actually caused by dieting.  Diets are one of the worst creations of mankind, yet millions of doctors put people on diets every day.  Dieting actually starves you to the point where you can binge,

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