JoeUser Forums'Have a great day!' Thanks - you too, lostintexas. No offence intended, and certainly none taken.
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'My response to Kobrano remains unedited! I said OUTRIGHT that most people don't have these problems, but I ALSO said, and stand by the statement, that Kobrano's outright justification of rudeness to overweight people (He DID say that) was idiotic.' I don't argue with this, Gideon. However, I didn't miss the line you quoted above, I just read it in context. Look at the WHOLE response again: 'This is probably among the most idiotic thing
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'What is your excuse for being rude to other people just because of the way the look?' Lostintexas, I apologise if I have inadvertently caused any offence, but I really don't see how my comments can be construed as being rude. All I said was (and I am repeating myself here, I know) that the vast majority of the Western world's obese people are obese simply because they eat too much of the wrong stuff and don't exercise enough. Ye
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'This is probably among the most idiotic things I have read in my time on JU. Have you never heard of hypothyroidism? Prader Willy Syndrome? Pica? overeating due to depression? There are many limiting factors that cause individuals to gain weight that have NOTHING to do with being "fat" or "lazy". I'm not saying everyone has a legitimate excuse; most DON'T (in fact, in the case of depression, one of the best cures is to get out and exercise, in my expe
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'I do find it interesting, however, as lostintexas points out, that the insurance companies won't pay for weight loss programs. It is, I believe, one of the reasons our medical costs are skyrocketing; we don't want to invest enough in PREVENTION, rather than treatment (although I'd be surprised to find a doctor that disagreed.)' Before people begin to suffer the ill-effects of obesity via the onset of a variety of other medical conditions, obe
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Very funny, and great advice - particularly for teachers. Create a supportive atmosphere in your classrooms in which fear of looking foolish is diminished / eliminated, and you open the door to truly creative and exploratory learning. You get an 'Insightful' from me Mr / Ms (?) Aardvark.
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'Looking at an X-men comic from the early 70s is enough to cause nauseau.' I LOVE the early X-Men comics, in part at least because they differed so radically from that which preceded them. But more of this later ... 'The same is true of movies. Go back and watch a "classic" movie from the 50s or 60s. Better yet, go and watch one of the movies that won "best picture" in the 50s. Poor acting, plot holes, and melodrama galore.' Nakor
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'I don't understand why there is not more medical advancements in treating the obese.' Just as, for example, a weak or damaged heart may well affect the risk of conducting an operation, so too may obesity in the patient. Obesity - like kidney stones or appendicitis - is a medical condition, and needs to be taken into account. However, it can be conquered in a variety of ways. There are plenty of non-medical procedures; eg. one can improve one's di
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'I never said you hated anybody.' Perhaps you didn't. Here is what you said (once again): 'And you seem to justify hate speech against people just because they're not hated as much as others.' Whatever that means. I notice that this last big rant of yours rips into almost everything EXCEPT except my suggestion that you actually try TALKING to a few transexuals before you dismiss them all out of hand. Anyway, there is nothing whatsoever in
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'So, it's all right to belittle transsexuals as people belittle Michael Jackson?' MJ is an individual. We each judge him as we find him. However, to speak ill of ALL transexuals for no reason other than merely belonging to that group ... well, we all know what that is. 'Well, dying one's hair is vain and unnecessary, but I don't see how you can compare any of these things to such drastic surgery. Might as well add using deodorant to th
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'There are actually people out there who criticize people for having cosmetic surgery. Surely you've heard of people make hate jokes about Michael Jackson and his nose jobs! Surely you've heard women hatefully criticize women who have breast implants. It happens.' Michael Jackson? Oh yeah, the incredibly successful pop star. Women who have had breast implants? Oh yeah, like half of Hollywood's female A-list. There's a big difference between
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'homosexuality, which is often argued by homosexual advocates not to be a choice' But the opposite is often argued too. 'transsexuality, which is arguably a choice' Ditto. 'nobody has ever been a transsexual?' What exactly do you mean by this? Many people have been transexuals. If you mean that surgery to change gender is not a naturally occuring phenomenon, you're right. But so what? Neither is having hot water blasted in
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A new word every posting ... 'SYCHOPHANTS' (rombios) - Psychotic toadies? ''synchophants' (Rightwinger) - Rhythmic toadies? Keep them coming, guys! :)
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'Joe Dolce's 'Shaddap You Face' - the record that actually replaced the Band Aid single in the coveted British No. 1 spot.' Whoops - no it didn't. That'll teach me to check my facts before posting. It actually replaced John Lennon's 'Woman' at No. 1 some 4 years earlier. (Well, I knew its success incurred major wrath somehow or other! )
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I appreciate the thought that has gone into your article dynamaso, and I subscribe to much of what you say. However, if your fundamental premise is that music is no longer 'a thing of joy and celebration; something used to pass stories on from generation to generation', then I must respectfully disagree. That is to say, I think there is another angle to this issue. I agree that this is what music '
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'We may as well just start shipping out ballets to every country for 2006.' I vote for 'Swan Lake' to lead the charge ...
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'The process is messy and will continue to be violent, just like the process of evolving a civilized nation here was messy and violent.' WAS? I'm with Ghandi on this one: Reporter: 'What do you think of Western civilisation?' Ghandi: 'I think that would be a good idea.' </fo
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'I have notices that children are becoming very hard to control, from a teachers point of view. This is probably caused by the lack of discipline or rules.' Are you a teacher, Brendan? What is the source of your claims?
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'Sounds like you sir, have forgotten the Aboriginals you have discriminated against for a long time and the Afghans, et al, you kept cooped up behind fenced enclosures.' Are you the same 'adnauseam'? If so, why have you become (anonymous)? Anyway, you're wrong. You are making the very mistake I warned you against above, and judging me by the standards of the Prime Minister / government of my country.
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'I AM NOT SICK, A BIT TWISTED MAYBE, BUT NOT SICK.' Not your place to judge, sicko!
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'What would Jesus drive? Jesus would drive a car fit for a King of course. Also, Jesus would not create any kind of Socialist State. Jesus would allow free markets and Capitalism.' Congratulations, Marvin. It must be nice to have a direct line through to the Almighty. So tell us - what model Rolls Royce would Jesus drive? What colour? Hardtop or convertible? And where would he drive to on his holidays? You remind me of the blurb on th
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'So are you going to tell the rest of the world that they're wrong to?' That they're wrong to WHAT?
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Greggbert: 'If you're against this war, then that must mean you're against all wars.' Dr. Guy: 'I dont recall anyone saying that.' Moderateman's initial post: ' All you have to do is get a new bill together saying NO MORE FUNDING OF WAR>> THATS all.' QED. I think. Moderateman: 'as someone that waded in blood up to my ankles in wartime I too hate war,,, but lets try to remember we were attacked.. k?' Er, not by Iraq you weren't.
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Greggbert: 'If you're against this war, then that must mean you're against all wars.' Dr. Guy: 'I dont recall anyone saying that.' Moderateman's initial post: ' All you have to do is get a new bill together saying NO MORE FUNDING OF WAR>> THATS all.' QED. I think. Moderateman: 'as someone that waded in blood up to my ankles in wartime I too hate war,,, but lets try to remember we were attacked.. k?' Er, not by Iraq you weren't.
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'There is absolutely nothing wrong with prospective immigrants wanting or, indeed , needing, to use their skills and education to benefit another country. However, it is the bad eggs I'm talking about ...' Adnauseam, you are a hypocrite. Remember, you said this in your initial post: 'They bring nothing but crime, their scam ways and large families to suck on the rich British teats.' 'The Aussi
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