Comments on: How Lucky We Are http://dcortesi.com/2007/07/09/how-lucky-we-are/ Coding, Security, and maybe a little bit about Damon Cortesi Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:06:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: SFO http://dcortesi.com/2007/07/09/how-lucky-we-are/#comment-34924 SFO Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:42:07 +0000 http://dcortesi.com/2007/07/09/how-lucky-we-are/#comment-34924 Now, I would not associate "freedom" with a Boeing 787 or suicide bombers. We do live in a relatively safe world, if you define that by the lack of sudden and visually gruesome death. But in the same way that risk is measured by the populous, the reality is that our epidemic involves obesity, alcohol, and smoking -- precisely the overindulgence that we fight wars to protect. Now, I would not associate “freedom” with a Boeing 787 or suicide bombers. We do live in a relatively safe world, if you define that by the lack of sudden and visually gruesome death.

But in the same way that risk is measured by the populous, the reality is that our epidemic involves obesity, alcohol, and smoking — precisely the overindulgence that we fight wars to protect.

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