Why don't we put a lable on football and baseball tickets that reads: The money you spent on this ticket is money you could have used to support finding cures for cancer.....or the money you spent on this expensive vacation could have been used to feed 100 starving people.

The fact is WE all are guilty of some crime against humanity. While we rail against something we should also stand in front of a mirror. I doubt we will ever eliminate bad behavior (I am not suggesting we stop trying either) but instead recognize the wide scope and range of bad behavior.

I have several very good friends whom continue to smoke away, in spite of their witnessing my trial with this disease. The fact that a good number of people live to a ripe old age after inhaling far more smoke than most, is personally a source of confusion.

Likewise why me, a God fearing believer that has never commited a crime above speeding, father of 3, still married nearly 20 years should have to deal with this and watch truly evil people live on and on will continually test my understanding.


Mark, 21 Year survivor, SCC right tonsil, 3 nodes positive, one with extra-capsular spread. I never asked what stage (would have scared me anyway) Right side tonsillectomy, radical neck dissection right side, maximum radiation to both sides, no chemo, no PEG, age 40 when diagnosed.