King Midas said:
50/50? Got a link or a source to back that up? And what type of cancer are you speaking of?
I'd worry about getting cancer if I was chain-smoking or doing something else that's proven to increase my risk for certain types of cancer. Unprotected sex with an escort exposes you to a similar risk in regards to STDs in my opinion. And like chain-smoking, it's a risk you can avoid or minimize.
Nobody likes to talk about it and we're all content to say whatever is necessary to rationalise what we do and want.
Having buried 2 parents to cancer, and talking to the professionals in the field, I can assure you, it's 50 50.
Don't think for a minute that because you don't smoke that you are immune. You are not.
One out of 2 people will develop cancer in their lives. Of those, half or more will die from it.
But since you don't believe me.....
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the US, exceeded only by heart disease. In the US, one in two men come down with cancer in their lifetime, one in three for women, and 1of 4 deaths is from cancer.
Oh, and here's the link:
http://www.cancure.org/statistics.htm
You can do your own google search.
The US gov't spends more than double on AIDS research as it does cancer research. Sorry, that's fucked up. But probably something for another thread. (Good for the Gay Lobby - they've really pushed thier agenda quite successfully.)
No-one is saying not to protect yourself when it comes to STD's. However, I don't lay awake at night worrying about the last BBBJ that I received. I do however, contemplate my own mortality to the disease that claimed both my parents and believe you me, until you've been there, you have NO IDEA what that word means.
Keeping it in perspective.