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Originally Posted by oceanbreeze
Ban trans fats!
Maybe with the rise of food will cut down on obesity, too.
America is fat and lazy.
No one force fed American to be fat, they got fat on their own.
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And no one should be able to force them to become skinny . . . or whatever you want to call it. If people want to eat five Big macs a day then they can eat five Big macs a day. Just like if they want to smoke three packs of cigarettes a day or drink a fifth of whiskey every day.
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Originally Posted by Gravitas
And I DON'T want to talk about the fact the fat people as a group eat no more than thin people as a group. Because if you don't know that by now, you are beyond hope.
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Not buying it.
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Originally Posted by Gravitas
Forest, um where are you getting your info? It has been demonstrated over and over in SCIENTIFIC lit that fat people as a group eat no more than thin people. Where are you getting your info from. OA or Weight Watchers. Neither are credible.
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I am not Nathan, but I agree with him that you are wrong. Simple observation will tell you that. Check out the people walking in and out of a buffet place sometime and then get back to me.
Where are you getting your information? Why is it that when people cut back on how much they are eating they lose weight?
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Originally Posted by Gravitas
My point was that obesity is an effective scapegoat. Interesting that the first thing above posters did was hurl unfounded insults at fat people. All fat people!!! Where is the anger against DuPont-Merck who ripped off medicaid??? (Google PR Watch, Dupont and Medicaid fraud for a concise story!) Where is the outrage at the Frist family and HCA??? Here is an undisputable fact, obesity's causes and consequences are DEBATABLE! There is no argument about this, anyone who goes to the scientific journals will see respected professionals in their fields argue on both sides. To the best of my knowledge, FRAUD, THEFT, and MANIPULATION are considered immoral and completely within the control of the individual. Body size is not quite as much a choice as we have been brain washed to believe. I know of NO argument that says crooked politicians and big business have less than free will when taking people for a ride. So why was attacking fat people the FIRST knee jerk reaction!!!!
This is exactly how the witchhunts, McCarthism, and all autrocities man commits against his own start. Corrupt leaders know how to pull strings and turn people against each other for their own benefit. It is those who allow themselves to be manipulated that are the true burden to the rest of us.
Now I am through with this board until my next piece. I will make sure and post it here since you enjoyed the above so much. To all the open minded readers HAPPY SUNDAY!!!
p.s. Americans are NOT lazy, they are among the hardest working group in the world. Western Europe gets about 1 month paid vacation a year and they take it. Interestingly enough, stress and lack of sleep can contribute to weight gain!!!
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I agree with some of what you say, but it seems that it is you who is making excuses (ironic since you started off talking about scapegoats) for why people are fat. For some people who are labelled fat it is a sham, they don't fit into some category and are thus labelled fat, and it is highly subjective. For others, ones who are fat by anyone's standards, their diet and inactivity are a large part of why they are fat.