Comments on: If You Get Sick, It’s Your Own Fault https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/02/if-you-get-sick-its-your-own-f/ Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:11:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Julie Stahlhut https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/02/if-you-get-sick-its-your-own-f/#comment-543787 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:11:58 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/02/if-you-get-sick-its-your-own-f/#comment-543787 Microcosm of the responsibility thing: Through no fault of our own, we’re in a complicated insurance situation (fortunately stable for the time being and with prospects for improvement.) Also through no fault of my own, I was in a freak accident while riding my bike Monday (which fortunately resulted in only a few scrapes, bruises, and muscle strains.)

And, honest to Zarquon, as I was in the process of falling off the bike, the FIRST thing that went through my mind was “Goddammit, if I get hurt, the @#$&*& insurance company had better not @$&*& me up!”

But, hey, it’s my fault I was trying to get some exercise, right?

]]> By: Russell https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/02/if-you-get-sick-its-your-own-f/#comment-543786 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:54:03 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/02/if-you-get-sick-its-your-own-f/#comment-543786 At the point that someone is breaking into my home, I’m much less concerned about how much responsibility to assign them for that behavior than degree of threat they present to my family. I realize that addiction warps thinking. Nonetheless, there is an important difference between simple burglary, and robbery or home invasion.

]]>