Disease du Jour

I probably should find it comforting that everything once condemned is now condoned -- from smashing a storefront window and grabbing as much merchandise as you can carry to mutilating your God-given body parts -- but I don't. Instead it's unnerving, making me wonder when cold-blooded murder of your mother will become acceptable because after all, who does she think she is telling you to "Put on a coat, it's cold outside." 

These days, nothing is anyone's fault. Fat people don't overeat, they have a genetic predisposition to stuffing their faces. Alcoholics aren't lacking in self-control, it's their disease that makes them pour liquor down their gullets. Sex addicts, gamblers, rapists and petty thieves all suffer from traumatic childhoods, so pity them, don't judge. 

What's got me thinking this is the latest woke excuse for bad behavior: Drug addicts are afflicted with "opioid use disorder." It's not their fault that they want to avoid working, take no responsibility for their actions, escape reality and get high all the time. They can't help it, it's that damn disease.