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So naturally we are warned<\/a>, as we have been every day for a month, to resist overindulging, to watch our waistlines, to eat sparingly, drink moderately (to those that would apply to), live moderately.\u00a0 Basically, go into the holidays with discipline, order, control, and the ever present worry that one more bite just may be your last. <\/p>\n

Wouldn\u2019t it be cool if our experts spent as much time telling us to stop with the sexual promiscuity since that can kill you, too?\u00a0 Just a little bit?\u00a0 I mean, mention that there is some stuff you can do to decrease the chances of getting an incurable disease or dying, but the best bet is living a life of chastity until you find that single person with whom you wish to spend your life.\u00a0 Especially over the holiday season when light hearted merriment may lead to more than you expect.<\/p>\n

But no.\u00a0 We just keep hearing about how everything else \u2013 football, video games, TV, food, drink, clothes, cars, cell phones, and any one of a billion other things \u2013 can and will kill us, so our only hope is to sit in the corner and nibble at our half empty plates.\u00a0 Or indulge in endless orgiastic sexual encounters, which you never hear any of our \u2018experts\u2019 complain about. <\/p>\n

I\u2019ve said it before, and I\u2019ll say it again: When I hear our medical and health experts devote as much time to harnessing in the disastrous sexual revolution, then I\u2019ll be more likely to pay attention to all the panic and concern over everything else they warn us about.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"