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   From: dirk.bruere@gmail.com   
      
   On 31/03/2010 23:30, George Leppla wrote:   
   > Sidney Lambe wrote:   
   >> On alt.food.vegan, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >> [delete]   
   >>   
   >> Another brain-dead vidiot who just believes whatever the TV   
   >> tells him.   
   >>   
   >> I look at the real world and I remember what it was like when I   
   >> was a kid in the 1950's. Healthy old people all over the place   
   >> who died comfortably in their sleep after playing with their   
   >> great-grandchildren all day long.. The average person capable   
   >> of doing hard work all day long. Serious diseases so rare that   
   >> they were the talk of the town when they happenned. People who   
   >> only went to the doctor once every 5 years and almost no one had   
   >> health insurance. Almost no "rest homes" (which was what they   
   >> were called then).   
   >   
   > Let's look at some facts.   
   >   
   > In 1950, average life expectancy was 65.5 years for men, 71 years for   
   > women ( http://aging.senate.gov/crs/aging1.pdf page 6)   
   >   
   > In 2006, average life expectancy for men was 75.4 years and for women it   
   > was 80.7 years.   
   >   
   > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/1   
   /AR2008061101570.html   
   >   
   >   
   > I'll do the math for you..... people now are living 10 years longer than   
   > they did back in the 50's.   
   >   
   > The "good old days" weren't always so good.   
   >   
   > George L   
      
   The downside being that more people live longer and develop diseases   
   that can be kept in check through medication. Cancer, for example, is   
   largely a disease of old age.   
      
   --   
   Dirk   
      
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