Re: The \"disease\" of alcoholism.
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You could have chosen a disease that is less like alcoholism, but why?
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Interesting. I'll have to think about that.
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As to your second point, I would bet that the lifetime diabetic finds their routine far less extraordinarily strenuous than the alcoholic finds 'simply not drinking.'
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I still maintain there is an essential difference between a disease that interferes with critical functions like food intake and one that only involves voluntary activities like drinking.
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There are plenty of differences. If you want to consider them critical, thats your prerogative, but I think you'll have to make a better case than you have here. And can I ask why it is important that there be a critical difference?
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