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You simply cannot look at an overwieght person and judge if this person is fat because of laziness, or fat because of uncontrollable medical issues.
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Exactly! The question I pose is that just because its hard to tell the difference, we should pay everyone's way?
I'm sorry, but without good evidence, your not going to convince me that a huge percentage of the morbidly obese are that way because of legitimate medical issues.
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this is considered a disability weither you want it to be or not.
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If I cut my arm off because my cult believed that an evil spirit lived in it, should you pay for my hospital bill, special car, or counseling?
Doesn't matter, I'm disabled right?
Its funny that we're speaking of this, as I just watched one of those news reports of fraudulant disability claims. It's sad because the money that could be helping folks with REALLY bad problems is going to some of these frauds...
Also, generally speaking, you can make anything a disability if you expand the definition enough. Some say diabetes is a disability. (I have a good friend stricken with this illness) Should we be forced to pay for his insulin if he can pay for it himself or make airlines provide blood monitors? I don't want to seem like I'm going too far with this, but although my points may be a bit extreme, they are generally the same issue.
We all have to put up and pay for things that we are born with or things that have happened to us, and I have no problems helping those who REALLY need help in this world. But there is a line we all must draw in our own minds. When does the "needs" of one infringe on the "rights" of another? How do you define what a "right" is? Things that may be morally correct don't necessarily become the "rights" of a disenfranchised individual.
Its a blurry line that we all must determine for ourselves.