| What's that old saying? "Hindsight is 20/20" To me, Type II is a disease of it's own that is separate but for some similar characteristics to Type I. What it all comes down to, though, is that it's a disease. And nobody, no matter what their lifestyle, deserves any disease.
On a personal note, I have a younger sister who is heavy (the only one of the three of us girls) and I often worry that if she is not careful, she will be prone to Type II or heart disease etc. But should that ever happen, I would not blame her. She has talked to me about deep-seated psychological reasons for her weight, and unless I was experiencing the same fears or barriers to controlling that, I have no right to judge. But then, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it won't happen. In the end, we each live of freedom of choice and my life has no basis on another's.
Duck,
As a Type I, I do "regulate my affliction" by exercising and eating well. I just also take insulin. | 
