Well, I never would have made it a point to publicly wish Kylie Minogue well had this thread not been opened. Like others, undoubtedly, my first reaction was "what does she have to do with what we are all about?," and then I wrote a little something trying to make sense of my reaction.

I fully endore Blackcatter's comments about the various injustices around the world in regard to the availability of medical care. You don't have to be wealthy or a celebrity to luck out on that score ~ as a currently-employed lower-middle-class American with fairly standard HMO coverage, I was lucky enough to enjoy state-of-the-art treatment for my tonsillar cancer last year ~ but it's certainly true, and relevant, that plenty of folks around the world are not so lucky.

Of course, he needn't have seemed quite so mean-spirited in his comments, but he certainly was not out of line...