queencitybuckeye;1575725 wrote:Really? It's an illness. If he'd died of cancer would you say the same?

reclegend22;1575721 wrote:I definitely feel sympathy for him. It's not like he was planning to leave his kids behind when sticking that needle in his arm. He was (apparently at the time) alone and sick and probably an emotional wreck. Addiction is a disease.

That's crazy, though, that he was clean for 23 years before relapsing. Not that it matters, but it'd be interesting to know what triggered the slide back.

OSH;1575727 wrote:You don't necessarily choose to get cancer. One chooses to do drugs -- knowing full-well addiction could be possible.

queencitybuckeye;1575725 wrote:Really? It's an illness. If he'd died of cancer would you say the same?

queencitybuckeye;1575733 wrote:If you've ever eaten anything unhealthy, it's a perfect correlation.

Sonofanump;1575737 wrote:He stuck the needle in his arm.

dlazz;1575740 wrote:What? No it isn't.

dlazz;1575436 wrote:Not a whole lot.

I went through his IMDB list. The only two movies of his I've seen were The Big Lebowski (which sucked) and Boogie Nights.

SportsAndLady;1575441 wrote:The big lebowski didn't suck, you are just a gigantic loser.

queencitybuckeye;1575745 wrote:of course it is.

thavoice;1575749 wrote:

Always sad when someone dies I guess, but when it is at their own doing I dont have as much compassion for them.

queencitybuckeye;1575725 wrote:Really? It's an illness. If he'd died of cancer would you say the same?

queencitybuckeye;1575733 wrote:If you've ever eaten anything unhealthy, it's a perfect correlation.

queencitybuckeye;1575754 wrote:I guess that's a sentiment I struggle to understand. Do people have a finite amount of compassion, so they need to divvy it out based on who is more or less deserving?

Sonofanump;1575760 wrote:I don't feel sorry for glutinous lazy people who have related health issues. You put the fried shit in you mouth with a shovel, no one else did.

queencitybuckeye;1575770 wrote:Nearly every human being has contributed in some way to the condition that killed them. ....

Con_Alma;1575772 wrote:Some more than others....a lot more. That may be why the variation of compassion is felt.

queencitybuckeye;1575775 wrote:I get it. I guess I'm just lazy and choose to consider my compassion binary. Making a bad choice decades ago that leads to an illness related to one's demise isn't a disqualifying event for me.

queencitybuckeye;1575770 wrote:Nearly every human being has contributed in some way to the condition that killed them. Therefore, your position need be that you have little or no human compassion. That's certainly your right. Personally, I'd hate to live that way.

Con_Alma;1575780 wrote:I think it's great you get to process in detail your decision making as it relates to compassion. Shouldn't we afford the others the ability to do the same in their own way?

Sonofanump;1575781 wrote:I had an extremely healthy lunch. If someone wants to eat a Big Mac and fries, that's their problem when they have future health issues because of it. I won't say it was tragic that they died early due to health issues.

Sonofanump;1575760 wrote:I don't feel sorry for glutinous lazy people who have related health issues. You put the fried shit in you mouth with a shovel, no one else did.

queencitybuckeye;1575786 wrote:I don't see where we have not done so.

Sonofanump;1575781 wrote:I had an extremely healthy lunch. If someone wants to eat a Big Mac and fries, that's their problem when they have future health issues because of it. I won't say it was tragic that they died early due to health issues.

Con_Alma;1575796 wrote:???

I don't know that we haven't ....and for that I'm glad.