@ Faralis: Then again maybe the 30 year old smoker would relapse and die anyway, and the little girl you didnt save might have been the nobel prize winner <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> Its all semantics.
@ Everyone: My point is that I have little pity for people who damage themselves KNOWING what they do is harmful. Dont tell me you didnt have a choice. Im 33 and Ive been told all my life smoking was bad. Noone makes you do it. You make a choice. And before I get flamed for this, I have no pity for myself either. Ive been drinking since I was 15 and my liver must be in a hell of a state. Id hate for someone who was a victim of circumstance to miss out on an operation because it was givin to me, a victim of my own stupidity. I still drink but I gave smoking away when breathing became a chore <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
Doctors cant save everyone. Its not possible. If they could the world would be a lot more populated than it is <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> Someone has to get priority and its a descision made every single day in every single hospital all over the world. My real regret as is that those with the most money get the most priority. End rant <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
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