If you think it's important for you, awesome. I personally think nuclear proliferation is a more important issue for the world than if I lose weight or not.
And that's okay for me, and it should be okay for you, too.
And that's okay for me, and it should be okay for you, too.
That's a bad comparison though.
A better one would be the effects that you losing weight (or getting in shape or whatever) would have on your life vs the effects that nuclear proliferation would have on your life.
Or the effects that globally eliminating obesity would have on life expectancy vs the effects that solving proliferation would have on life expectancy.
The problem with your argument are the words, "you" and "your".
You are making the mistake that pj50c is exactly arguing against. People arguing in effect, that "__you__ should do something."
"If only __you__ understood...."
"If only __you__ could control your lizard brain telling you you're hungry...."
Those are your beliefs. They are not mine. And this is what people talk about when respecting "boundaries".
I'm not saying you can't have you're opinion. And you can say, "I believe x, y, and z. And here's why...." And I'd be fine with that.
In fact, I'd probably be more open to listening to you.
My argument is that my carb intake is irrelevant compared to nuclear proliferation.
My argument goes like this. Carb intake does probably lower life significantly, but doesn't lead to potentially worse outcomes compared to say nuclear weapons in the hands of terrorists.
Carb intake usually affects people's life not early, but late. And if you believe that "carb intake" is a rational choice and not an urge made by the lizard brain then I would argue it's my choice -- my freedom -- and well get a boundary.
OTOH, a nuclear incident would affect a broad swath of people across all ages. And it's not their choice.
>Carb intake usually affects people's life not early, but late.
It affects people before more severe medical consequences start setting in too.