tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2582815928673200669.post4440159379465852208..comments2023-04-04T06:59:59.644-07:00Comments on Traversing the Liminal: Interesting...GF Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01151041405670719917noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2582815928673200669.post-31409240668310031982008-03-07T19:38:00.000-08:002008-03-07T19:38:00.000-08:00it's funny though - because people are often thoug...it's funny though - because people are often thought of as 'victims' of poverty, and, arguably, even 'victims' of aids when girls are forced into prostitution and children are unwittingly born to hiv positive mothers.....but the north american baby boomers are largely responsible for their own demise. they're not _victims_ of obesity, diabetes, etc.... they've brought it upon themselves and it's not so much something for the world to solve or cure but for them to take their health seriously because what they've brought upon themselves was almost entirely preventable. funny, too though - because we "raise awareness for breast cancer" when we should really be "curing" breast cancer and "raising awareness" for self-inflicted obesity.<BR/><BR/>it's so rare to see anyone over 70 that's obese. it really is. i see hundreds of elderly people all day. the obese ones sadly don't make it five years past retirement. so what was those 40 years of working towards retirement really for?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com