re: #706 Salamantis

After my diverticulitis attack, it would be suicide for me to engage in full time strenuous labor. I do all the work that I safely can do, on the internet. And when I DO have another diverticulitis attack and get rushed to the ER, it will be you, and the rest of the US citizenry, paying for it anyway, through increased doctor and hospital costs and health insurance premiums; you’ll just have to pay much more than if I had my operation now. And I’ll be much more likely to die.

There isn’t a single one of us that doesn’t have sympathy for your health problems. As I’m sure you would have for any of ours. That said, you still don’t have a right to anyone else’s money to pay for your treatment. What you need, if you can’t pay, is charity. And charity should be asked for and appreciated, not demanded and expected.