seattle.politics

never@million wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:41:58 -0700, Rudy Canoza
> wrote:
>
>> Guv Bob wrote:
>>> Rudy, I have heard some assinine comments in my life -- for example, those by Renee & Evelyn. But until now, when I read your comments, I had no idea anyone could be as STUPID as YOU are!!
>>>
>>> You really need to talk a walk down to the lake and jump in.
>> My analysis of obesity is correct, you stupid
>> top-posting zero-contributing pubic hair.
>
> Less than required intake of food (caloric) = loss of weight;
> Required intake of food (caloric) = maintenance of weight;
> More than required intake of food (caloric) = gaining of weight.
>
> There are a few situations that are medically based where people
> do gain weight. There are medicines that can cause weight gain.
> However, the numbers don't match up with the rising tide of
> morbidly obese people.

They certainly don't match up with the *HUGE* increase
in childhood obesity - kids aren't taking medicine in
anything close to the numbers that would explain the
incidence.



> Excuses for obesity are many and varied.
> However, that does not solve the numerous problems that result
> from an increasing fat population.
>
> Weight reducing has resulted in a cottage industry of clinics,
> gyms, spas, diet programs, all and more, costing millions of
> dollars a year.
>
> What happened to the words "No more" or "No thank you, I have
> had enough"?

It's a bad part of our toxic national culture. Have
you heard the AM-PM mini-market advertisements?
They're pushing all manner of junk food, and they all
end with the slogan, "You can't have too much good
stuff." Well, of course you can! If you have a
moderate portion of really good ice cream in front of
you, . Double Rainbow or Haagen-Daaz or Ben &
Jerry's, and someone offers you triple that portion
right then and there, then you have too much good stuff.

I've long hated what is, in essence, the national
creed: If a little bit of something is good, a lot
must be great. That belief is absolutely wrong, but it
is a fundamental part of the American psyche. The
belief can be stated even more succinctly: the willing
embrace of excess. This is at the root of the broader
American cultural phenomenon of gigantism. You can
find lots of web references to American gigantism, but
perhaps the best I ever read was here:
/americansports/comment/0,10160,1357192,


> The answer for national obesity seems headed toward creation of
> yet another bureaucracy that employees more sedentary obese folks
> that operate with secretarial mentality poking keys on a computer.
>
> DCI