Posted on 06/26/2012 12:11:10 PM PDT by fteuph
Replace cats with "homo sexuals" and watch 'em howel...I mean meow!
Never heard of him until now. I just read some stuff on the net about him and will add some of his books to my hubby’s birthday presents. Thank you!
This is satire. He’s making the point that, if you’re going to penalize life-style choices (smoking obesity), then you have to penalize ALL of them.
He believes the opposite.
Hyperbole.
We usually take them in, spay/neuter and feed them. We have no problems when it comes to cats and the free range poultry. The chickens and ducks are able to defend themselves against felines.
You realize, of course, the connection will be lost on most cat owners, don’t you?
:)
You don’t live on a farm/ranch. Neither did I until a few years ago and once you do you tend to become much more pragmatic.
Obviously Caplan is mocking the futility of basing insurance rates on personal choices. People make hundreds of choices daily that may affect their health. It is absurd to dictate legal behavior in individuals, & impossible to verify. If this is the price of health insurance, I'll pass. (Is it any wonder that the nanny Rats want to force us to buy health insurance?)
The dog thing gives it away. Dogs are “wonderful”? Yeah, I agree, but that's not a health argument. Dogs are just as bad as cats for allergies & diseases. Caplan knows 60M people will go ballistic over losing their cats.
He also knows it is cats today - alcohol, red meat, anything processed, dairy products, sugar, ... tomorrow. Before the nannies are through, only tofu & grass sprouts will be on our menus, & we will jog to the store to buy it. Again, just to have affordable insurance! A free market in health insurance would laugh this nonsense out of business?
>> Hyperbole.
See my post #18. I’m slow, but eventually I catch on. :-)
A lot of cat folks here are raising H#LL! He picked a subject (cats) that a lot of people feel strongly about, myself included. Teehee!!!!
I hope these folks realize the real subject of this article - nanny state fascism.
Funny - I just looked myself and realized there are 3 more books I need to read.
I tell folks if that they read the 1st 18 pages of ‘Point of Impact’ where Bob is “earning Tim” - they will know whether or not they’ll like my favorite protagonist: Bob the nailer...
You can read the first chapter here:
http://www.amazon.com/Point-Impact-Stephen-Hunter/dp/0553563513#reader_0553563513
Yes, I do. With 20 chickens, 21 ducks, and a pride of cats, it's small, but it's still my farm.
Was this piece intended as sarcasm?
Yeah. Hazardous behavior kind of defines the Left. They are gonna hate it when they have to eat like Madonna, but still look like Barney Frank.
Just look at all the loss of income from all the liberal busy bodies with all the regulations and fees and penaltys for everything under the sun.
Far better to put a penalty on busybodies than cats. Besides busybodies have more cash.
So cat ownership is a boost to the economy.
Problem is by the time Hollywood gets through with him, it'll be Tom Cruise, just as they're about to do with Lee Child's 6'5", brawling, Jack Reacher character.
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