It boggles my mind that you don't think access to medical care is important. I think it's a primary cause for concern among the elderly- often driving their decisions of where to move (but I don't really care where the elderly live, as they can do what they want, they are adults.) Thing is, I just showed you the statistics that the primary cause of death for children is accidents- and serious accidents require medical care. I also showed you the NIH document that says rural children have delayed access to medical care. You're pretty cavalier about an issue that many parents think about carefully- at least the educated parents I know think about it. Most people I know want to live near a good hospital- a hospital that accepts their insurance. You don't need to speculate about whether I thought about my opinion- because I give you research and statistics. From you I get seat of the pants. Fine. Whatever. I accept that access to medical care isn't a big deal for you- but I think it's amazingly careless to raise children and not consider how you are going to get them quick medical treatment when they need it. It's completely irresponsible. And fwiw, I always think about the danger of driving a car- and I've written about that. It's why I never drink and drive, always had my children in proper car seats and booster seats, and always buy safe cars. I'm also careful when I drive- and (knock on wood) have never been in a single accident, nor have I gotten a ticket since I was 17. Part of living safely is thinking about things, like medical care, or driving your car, and making sure you make the best preparations you can. If you think about things. Clearly not everyone lives that way. More's the pity. And I won't even go in to your silly straw man about polluted air, etc- forgetting the suburbs completely, AND the fact that there is some serious pollution in rural areas from chemicals (in the air, food, and water), and dust born illnesses, and many other kinds of pollutants.
Some ideas are bad- that's why there are Darwin Awards- for people who don't plan well, and think about things in advance... Not all ideas are good ideas, and not all thinking is good thinking. I don't think there's any need to respect poorly reasoned unsupported ideas. Do you think it's important for people to respect those kinds of ideas? |
