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I don't know what is so spectacular about it unless you were under the impression they were somehow morally superior to any other group of humans. Democrats, Republicans, Christians, people from small towns, whites, etc. They all have individuals who are very good people, and others who are very bad. Treating 'Hollywood' as if it is a homogeneous group of sermonizing pass givers (and liberals as socialists, or conservatives as heartless, etc.) is a very big reason we are not able to solve our shared problems.

After at least a dozen very serious attempts to stop smoking, my brother just recently quit again. This one seems to be holding and I'm hopeful he'll be able to stick with it. The only difference between this attempt and all the others was that this one was preceded by quadruple bypass surgery (two arteries 100% blocked, two arteries 96% blocked).

You will likely get a better response if you post what you've tried and where you feel you are running into issues.

I imagine for most people it is a matter of weighing the pros and cons. "Do I want to risk my career by fighting what is likely a losing battle?" The more you have to lose the more crap you'll put up with. And with someone as powerful as Weinsten, you could be risking a lot. Not to mention that women have to put up with that crap most of their lives. I would guess some of it is just ignored so that you don't have to spend all your waking hours fighting against men who are real tools.

Not objectionable. Just irrelevant to the OP.

This is a lot of verbal masturbation. I quit. Sorry. That was rude. But I do think we're not getting anywhere, so I'll bow out.

A fan, white noise machine, app on the phone, ear plugs, dog whistle... That is the point of this thread. Most of us seem to be more pragmatic than you.

Seriously? What is difference between trying to figure out how to sleep at night when dogs are barking, and how to achieve spiritual calm?

I think he is searching for outer peace, not inner peace.

I use the fan year round. I just don't always have it aimed at me.

I'm a big fan of white noise myself. At night I sleep with a fan on, or with a white noise machine or app on my phone. Sudden sounds like a dog barking would wake me every time. Having the white noise takes the edge off enough that those sounds no longer bother me. It has also kept my wife from kicking me out of the bedroom for snoring.

Absolutely it is ethical in a general sense, although I suppose each case should be considered individually. I don't understand the fear many people have to doing something new. We've been pushing the envelope since we used a stick to scratch our backs instead of just letting it itch.

The same was said of surgery, especially on the human heart which was considered untouchable.

Wouldn't the problem of fewer donors be negated by fewer in need?

If lungs are filled with liquid, how will a 'breath of fresh air' also enter the lungs?

No, you are speculating using incredulity. You are saying "I cannot imagine it so it must not be so". By recognizing that there are things I don't know or comprehend.

And you know this how?

Don't worry about it scherado. Just ignore him.

It is not necessary to argue with me that birth control should be covered. I agree it should be and said so in my first post. The objection to supplying birth control has to do with religious concerns regarding the artificial prevention of pregnancy, and not for uses for non-pregnancy related functions, which I also agree is stupid, so we don't need to go down that road either. The only thing I questioned was tying ED issues with preventive care. I'm unsure why I can't make that clear. So let's reverse the view tying ED medicine and birth control (as used for preventing birth). If someone argued that we should drop annual preventive checkups for women, then would you agree that logically it would be reasonable (no matter how stupid) to drop annual preventive checkups for men? Now, if someone argued that we should drop birth control for women, then would you agree that logically it would be reasonable (no matter how stupid) to drop coverage for erectile dysfunction in men? If you answered 'yes' to both, I'll quit arguing as we'll never see eye to eye. For me, the answer to the first question is 'yes', but the answer to the second is 'no', because they are not the same thing. For question two, I think the reasonable (although stupid) thing to do would be to drop a preventive health care service that applies only to men, rather than some random problem-solving treatment just because it has to do with a guy's dick. Maybe not for you, but for men and women who have sex in their day to day life, or even to perpetuate humanity, it is an integral participant.

No, what I said was that it was not hypocritical to support one and not the other, because they are dissimilar. One address a health problem, one is preventive care. For it to be hypocritical, they would have to be similar. If you support preventive care for men but not women, that is hypocritical. If you support addressing health problems for men but not women, that is hypocritical. If you support testicle cancer screening for men but not breast cancer screening for women, that is hypocritical. But there is no direct comparison between ED health problems and preventive birth control other than that both are used during coitus. You may as well link a torn achilles tendon (fixing a problem) in women and high quality sneakers (preventive health care) for men since both are used when you go to the gym. I do. What I don't like is illogical comparisons. I have no objections to someone else who doesn't want to cover all preventive (or all problem resolution) care as long as they are consistent between genders.

And why would you challenge the coverage of ED medicine?

Okay, I guess I'll go first. Because in general circumstances it is not used to treat a health problem. It is more akin to preventive care, and not all preventive care is covered. Your turn.

Why would the former be challenged?

I never found that to be hypocritical. Boner pills address a health defect, no different than getting blood pressure pills. I find the lack of birth control to be asinine because of the refusal to acknowledge a gender-based health care need.