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on As We Are: Obese People

A war against fat people, no no really its a war against a sense of entitlement.I can eat as much as I want despite what it means for the rest of the world and you should respect me despite the fact that I have never done anything to deserve it. Your crispy moderate liberal mind can't probably wrap your head around earning respect. Why would I want anyone of your respect I haven't done anything that you know about to earn it. I don't feel that I deserve respect irrespective of what i do. You really don't know me and judging by your posts I would never want to. I know you guys don't like me and thats fine because you guys only like people who are barney-like figures that say only what you want to hear. No honesty just arm distance inuendo as to what all the skinny people are thinking: People who feel entitled to repect and whatever else no matter how it effects others disgust me. We need some hugs though even stupid people like me.

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This is starting a total other conversation but the way I feel about free will is more in line with that of Soren Kirkegaard. It is at once impossible to imagine free will and impossible to say that humans are anything but infinitely free and therefore RESPONSIBLE for their actions.

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That would be a really good point if I didn't have an full academic scholarship to the U of O. Maybe I am a bit lazy in my post and they are sloppy but don't think that they are withut thought. My point is that people shouldn't just get used and to and become happy with terrible life styles because they are unwilling to change their lifestyle. How is it irrational to say if you eat too many calories others won't have as many calories to eat and that this is what leads to being overweight.

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Then why don't you just say there is no such thing as free will. No one has a choice about anything. We all just are slaves to genetics and our surroundings and we can't be blamed. If I kill someone its fine because no one would ever want to do that if they had a choice. NO FREE WILL NO RESPONSIBILITY good mantra.

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You guys should really stop feeling so sorry for yourself. People are honest not rude and if you can't take honesty then you would just prefer to live in a world where everyone is happy the way they are. Jens Voigt of team CSC said it best when he said "People who are content with the way they are will never improve. People who think they have worked hard enough are bound to lose." I don't think he meant weight

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I look at all of those behaviors as just as harmful and feel the same way about people that exhibit these behaviors that are obese. People who drink are basically poisoning themselves, congratulations you have successfully compared yourself to alcoholics. That is a GOOD comparison.

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Things like ethnicity, gender, sexuality and race are not within the control of people, not to mention the fact that these things are not negative. There aren't negative health risks and debilitating effects from these things.

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why is this conversation so one sided. Why should we accept obesity as a positive thing why shouldn't obesity and being fat have a negative connotation?

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You know the equation is simple if you take in more calories than you need to survive then you will gain weight. A pound is about 3500 calories. If you are 200 pounds overweight that means that you took in 700,000 more calories than you needed to. Granted everyone's body is different but 240 pounds outside the general healthy weight range is not a abnormality in bone density that just makes you heavier. And don't tell me that some people gain weight faster than others and there metabolism is slower. That means that they need less calories to survive than a person with a faster metabolism and therefore should eat less. Making excuses and accepting everyone the way they are just because "that's how they choose to live their lives" is a cop out and an excuse to justify their overconsumption.

I have relatives and acquaintances that are obese (notice no close friends) and I would not care for them any less because of it but it would stop me from becoming close to them just as someone who smokes would be less likely to be my close friend. It is not just a physical appearance it is a reflection of how you live your life and what you think of yourself. The math is simple the excuses you make for yourself are not so easy to explain. Stop feeling sorry for yourself did you ever think that just by not being obese people have morally one upped you.

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Good. Oh I'm sorry that you can't wear cloths that don't fit you. Since when did being obese(and I mean obese, fat is not the same as obese, which implies the amount of disgust that should accompany such awful overconsumption) become something that just happened to you. Because obese people never over ate and always exercised like they should. No, its a choice and a selfish one at that. If nothing else consider the fact that you are taking in way more food than is necessary to survive. Being obese and being okay with it is just a sense of entitlement that people really should not have.

Why do people discriminate against drug addicts or alcoholics, if thats how they want to live they should be aloud to. America is an ugly place where people think that they deserve as much food as they can possibly fit inside themselves and that what is good for the world is of no consequence. I know this view won't be popular just don't get grease from that cheese burger on the key board while you are crucifying me.

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