Obesity, Racism and Cruelty

Y'all make me feel slow, but fortunately, I gave up on brilliance long ago. :)

If I had a great mind, I would solve
Confusions, mysteries, and puzzles without end
They would light the world
And I would bring that light to all who struggled
And lifted the low
And quenched the parched
Thirst for knowledge everywhere
I have not that mind

John Shirley
 
Perhaps, John, but I'm betting your mind has it's own thirst for knowledge. An excellant start, in my book.
 
55.
It is best for man to be middle-wise,
Not over cunning and clever:
The learned man whose lore is deep
Is seldom happy at heart.

56.
It is best for man to be middle-wise,
Not over cunning and clever:
The fairest life is led by those
Who are deft at all they do.


57.
It is best for man to be middle-wise,
Not over cunning and clever:
No man is able to know his future,
So let him sleep in peace.
 
Danny, I'm with you on this. There are people that don't understand. And you can't fix them.
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I second that Rusty. I have been discriminated against because of my race--granted only for about 3.5years of my life...but I was overweight as a child and have seesawed back and forth as an adult too.

The bottom line is this: its not whether racism is worse than "sizeism", but that they both suck. and people who practice either one are being cruel and stupid. Justify it by airplane seats or whatever lame excuse you wish its still cruelty...

Here's a thought: airplane seats are narrow so as to pack as many asses into seats as possible and they don't care about the skinny person OR the fat one's discomfort. They only want your $$. Maybe we should blame, oh I don't know, THE AIRLINES?!
 
not the building of them. You can tell the uncomfortable folks, tho, they'll say stuff like "Bob, a black guy I know" or "Jason, the alcoholic buddy of mine" or "Janine, my lesbian friend" etc, etc. if you need any adjective in front of "guy" that could be interpreted as a dispersion, you may jest be the target audience of this whole thread. If you wouldn't use the adj. in front of the person of whom you speak, then you already know the answer and are ashamed.

So the revision would be:
"Bob, a guy I know" or "Jason, a buddy of mine" or "my friend, Janine" etc, etc.

As always we should think befor we speak, and sometimes we should think before we think we're thinking.

Keith
 
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