> Starvation and disease is not chosen. Suicides and opiates are. This confuses proximate and root causes. Someone may "choose" to pull the trigger and end the

> Starvation and disease is not chosen. Suicides and opiates are. This confuses proximate and root causes. Someone may "choose" to pull the trigger and end their life, or choose to swallow one more blissful pill to avoid confronting their miserable existence, but they probably would not have knowingly chosen the circumstances that now leave them with that horrible choice.