Comments on: Inflammatory comments and being reported to your employer http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/08/inflammatory-comments-and-being.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:15:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/08/inflammatory-comments-and-being.html/comment-page-3#comment-66307 Anonymous Sat, 19 Aug 2006 06:43:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/08/inflammatory-comments-and-being-reported-to-your-employer.html#comment-66307 Get a life asshole! You're pathetic. How in hell is someones weigh a public hazard to you? Mind your own business! I think some fat woman probaly stole your husband and now you are all up in arms and mad at all obese people. Get a life asshole! You’re pathetic. How in hell is someones weigh a public hazard to you? Mind your own business! I think some fat woman probaly stole your husband and now you are all up in arms and mad at all obese people.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/08/inflammatory-comments-and-being.html/comment-page-3#comment-66283 Anonymous Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:40:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/08/inflammatory-comments-and-being-reported-to-your-employer.html#comment-66283 "Thinness should not be an excuse for lack of common courtesy."<br/><br/>For that matter, neither should obesity. Nor should it be an excuse for neglecting safety or being a public hazard. “Thinness should not be an excuse for lack of common courtesy.”

For that matter, neither should obesity. Nor should it be an excuse for neglecting safety or being a public hazard.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/08/inflammatory-comments-and-being.html/comment-page-3#comment-66274 Anonymous Thu, 17 Aug 2006 14:48:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/08/inflammatory-comments-and-being-reported-to-your-employer.html#comment-66274 <i>I weight in the 130s range and I've never had a comfortable plane ride since they started squeezing so many into that size area.</i><br/>This is the thing - it is already uncomfortable. When someone is occupying half of your seat, it gets intolerable.<br/><i>I kept trying to move over so he could have more of my seat.</i><br/>Was it a short flight or an 8-hour flight? <br/><i>Thinness should not be an excuse for lack of common courtesy. </i><br/>You could let him have part of your seat without long-term health consequences for you, great. This woman had torn muscles in your leg. Would you cosider it a requirement of common courtesy to sacrifice muscles in your leg? I weight in the 130s range and I’ve never had a comfortable plane ride since they started squeezing so many into that size area.
This is the thing – it is already uncomfortable. When someone is occupying half of your seat, it gets intolerable.
I kept trying to move over so he could have more of my seat.
Was it a short flight or an 8-hour flight?
Thinness should not be an excuse for lack of common courtesy.
You could let him have part of your seat without long-term health consequences for you, great. This woman had torn muscles in your leg. Would you cosider it a requirement of common courtesy to sacrifice muscles in your leg?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/08/inflammatory-comments-and-being.html/comment-page-3#comment-66249 Anonymous Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:21:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/08/inflammatory-comments-and-being-reported-to-your-employer.html#comment-66249 In all honesty, when the airlines are trying to shove 5 people (seats A thru E) into such a small area on one side of a plane I'm not sure who's fault it is when someone hangs over the edge or aren't comfortable. I weight in the 130s range and I've never had a comfortable plane ride since they started squeezing so many into that size area. last time I flew there was a man beside who didn't look one bit overweight. But, he was about 6ft 5in and probably 250 lbs. I can promise he was alot more uncomfortable than what I was. I kept trying to move over so he could have more of my seat.<br/><br/>Thinness should not be an excuse for lack of common courtesy. In all honesty, when the airlines are trying to shove 5 people (seats A thru E) into such a small area on one side of a plane I’m not sure who’s fault it is when someone hangs over the edge or aren’t comfortable. I weight in the 130s range and I’ve never had a comfortable plane ride since they started squeezing so many into that size area. last time I flew there was a man beside who didn’t look one bit overweight. But, he was about 6ft 5in and probably 250 lbs. I can promise he was alot more uncomfortable than what I was. I kept trying to move over so he could have more of my seat.

Thinness should not be an excuse for lack of common courtesy.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/08/inflammatory-comments-and-being.html/comment-page-3#comment-66241 Anonymous Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:03:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/08/inflammatory-comments-and-being-reported-to-your-employer.html#comment-66241 <i>If they happen to be on the same public transportation as you and God forbid take up some of the space that you AREN'T using then for God sake complain to someone.</i> <br/>We might not be using it this second, but there is a difference between sitting squashed unable to move and sitting comfortably. On a 10-hour flight it makes a lot of difference not just in comfort, but in long-term health.<br/>As <a HREF="http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/10/22/virgin.payout/index.html" REL="nofollow">This woman tried to complain</a>. A lot of good it did her. If they happen to be on the same public transportation as you and God forbid take up some of the space that you AREN’T using then for God sake complain to someone.
We might not be using it this second, but there is a difference between sitting squashed unable to move and sitting comfortably. On a 10-hour flight it makes a lot of difference not just in comfort, but in long-term health.
As This woman tried to complain. A lot of good it did her.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/08/inflammatory-comments-and-being.html/comment-page-3#comment-66238 Anonymous Tue, 15 Aug 2006 06:01:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/08/inflammatory-comments-and-being-reported-to-your-employer.html#comment-66238 What I think people are saying is it's none of your damn business what anyone weighs. If they happen to be on the same public transportation as you and God forbid take up some of the space that you AREN'T using then for God sake complain to someone. What I think people are saying is it’s none of your damn business what anyone weighs. If they happen to be on the same public transportation as you and God forbid take up some of the space that you AREN’T using then for God sake complain to someone.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/08/inflammatory-comments-and-being.html/comment-page-3#comment-66225 Anonymous Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:09:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/08/inflammatory-comments-and-being-reported-to-your-employer.html#comment-66225 Anon 1:01- no one is going around giving unsolicited "psuedo" advice. I can speak for myself to say that I was responding directly to a poster who claimed it was impossible to eat filling meals on 1200 calories per day. I offered examples to the contrary, because they are wrong. Others have claimed that they cannot exercise effectively without a two-hour block of time each to or the money to join a fancy gym. Again, I offered examples to the contrary because this is also wrong. There was nothing insidious or mean-spirited in the way the message was delivered. Sorry if the truth hurts.<br/><br/>It is very dangerous to go around promoting this idea that the only way to lose weight is to eat one meal a day, buy expensive stuff from Whole Foods, hire a personal trainer or join an expensive gym. It is flat-out wrong, and anyone who uses these ideas as reasons why they cannot lose weight are in denial.<br/><br/>If you're fat and happy- fine, say so. Just say, I like eating too many calories and I'm not willing to make the effort to exercise, and I know I'm overweight because if it and that's okay with me. I can't argue with that. But don't come on here complaining that you could lose weight if only x,y, and z were different and making excuses for yourself. And even if you are fat and happy, don't make accomodating your size in public everyone else's problem. Anon 1:01- no one is going around giving unsolicited “psuedo” advice. I can speak for myself to say that I was responding directly to a poster who claimed it was impossible to eat filling meals on 1200 calories per day. I offered examples to the contrary, because they are wrong. Others have claimed that they cannot exercise effectively without a two-hour block of time each to or the money to join a fancy gym. Again, I offered examples to the contrary because this is also wrong. There was nothing insidious or mean-spirited in the way the message was delivered. Sorry if the truth hurts.

It is very dangerous to go around promoting this idea that the only way to lose weight is to eat one meal a day, buy expensive stuff from Whole Foods, hire a personal trainer or join an expensive gym. It is flat-out wrong, and anyone who uses these ideas as reasons why they cannot lose weight are in denial.

If you’re fat and happy- fine, say so. Just say, I like eating too many calories and I’m not willing to make the effort to exercise, and I know I’m overweight because if it and that’s okay with me. I can’t argue with that. But don’t come on here complaining that you could lose weight if only x,y, and z were different and making excuses for yourself. And even if you are fat and happy, don’t make accomodating your size in public everyone else’s problem.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/08/inflammatory-comments-and-being.html/comment-page-3#comment-66224 Elizabeth Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:34:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/08/inflammatory-comments-and-being-reported-to-your-employer.html#comment-66224 You did not read my message clearly, or you would have seen that I said public health programs are going bankrupt "IN PART" because of problems with obesity. There are other problems too (although you should know that the teenage birthrate in this country has actually declined over the past two decades) but they are not the focus of this thread so I didn't bring them up. Obesity has been noted by the CDC as the number two PREVENTABLE (there is your difference between this and cancer) cause of death in this country. It increases your risk of developing over thirty other life-threatening diseases. How can you argue that this does not affect heath care budgets as more and more people in this country become seriously overweight? I'll accept that there will always be a small percentage of people in any population who are obese due to genetics or disease, but come on- the number of morbidly obese people in this country has DOUBLED in just one generation, and nearly TRIPLED since the time of the Depression. That isn't genetics or thyroidism, sorry. It is preventable lifestyle choices.<br/><br/>Medical science has not proven that there are lifestyle choices one can make to either 100% prevent or reverse the onset of deadly cancers and other diseases. There are steps which can be taken to reduce the risk in some cases (i.e., sunscreen for skin cancer, safe sex for cervical cancer/HPV and not smoking for lung cancer) but they are nowhere near foolproof. People who have never smoked a day in their lives can still develop lung cancer. And once someone has cancer, they can hardly choose to get rid of it by eating healthier food and exercising.<br/><br/>People who are morbidly obese got that way as a direct result of their lifestyle choices. They eat more calories than their body needs, and/or do not burn enough off with activity. The reasons for this aren't as simple as pure gluttony, of course, but in the end they are responsible for what they have done to their bodies. They have an addiction to food, not much different than drugs or alcohol.<br/><br/>Should we be sympathetic and "accepting" of drug abuse or any other addiction in this country? Should we use "addict-friendly language" so as not to hurt their feelings too? After all, quitting drugs is extremely difficult and those withdrawal cravings are stronger than any hunger pain a dieter feels. And addictions do have a strong genetic/family connection so, you know, it really isn't their fault in the first place... You did not read my message clearly, or you would have seen that I said public health programs are going bankrupt “IN PART” because of problems with obesity. There are other problems too (although you should know that the teenage birthrate in this country has actually declined over the past two decades) but they are not the focus of this thread so I didn’t bring them up. Obesity has been noted by the CDC as the number two PREVENTABLE (there is your difference between this and cancer) cause of death in this country. It increases your risk of developing over thirty other life-threatening diseases. How can you argue that this does not affect heath care budgets as more and more people in this country become seriously overweight? I’ll accept that there will always be a small percentage of people in any population who are obese due to genetics or disease, but come on- the number of morbidly obese people in this country has DOUBLED in just one generation, and nearly TRIPLED since the time of the Depression. That isn’t genetics or thyroidism, sorry. It is preventable lifestyle choices.

Medical science has not proven that there are lifestyle choices one can make to either 100% prevent or reverse the onset of deadly cancers and other diseases. There are steps which can be taken to reduce the risk in some cases (i.e., sunscreen for skin cancer, safe sex for cervical cancer/HPV and not smoking for lung cancer) but they are nowhere near foolproof. People who have never smoked a day in their lives can still develop lung cancer. And once someone has cancer, they can hardly choose to get rid of it by eating healthier food and exercising.

People who are morbidly obese got that way as a direct result of their lifestyle choices. They eat more calories than their body needs, and/or do not burn enough off with activity. The reasons for this aren’t as simple as pure gluttony, of course, but in the end they are responsible for what they have done to their bodies. They have an addiction to food, not much different than drugs or alcohol.

Should we be sympathetic and “accepting” of drug abuse or any other addiction in this country? Should we use “addict-friendly language” so as not to hurt their feelings too? After all, quitting drugs is extremely difficult and those withdrawal cravings are stronger than any hunger pain a dieter feels. And addictions do have a strong genetic/family connection so, you know, it really isn’t their fault in the first place…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/08/inflammatory-comments-and-being.html/comment-page-3#comment-66223 Anonymous Mon, 14 Aug 2006 05:01:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/08/inflammatory-comments-and-being-reported-to-your-employer.html#comment-66223 so we should all be replicas of the "Skinny starving kids in africa"? You people are completely crazy! Just who in hell do you think you are that you belive you have some god given right to give all your pseudo advise to people. Just so you know, I'm not over weight and have never been. But, I also don't talk the way you guys do to other human beings. And you think they have problems? so we should all be replicas of the “Skinny starving kids in africa”? You people are completely crazy! Just who in hell do you think you are that you belive you have some god given right to give all your pseudo advise to people. Just so you know, I’m not over weight and have never been. But, I also don’t talk the way you guys do to other human beings. And you think they have problems?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/08/inflammatory-comments-and-being.html/comment-page-3#comment-66222 Anonymous Mon, 14 Aug 2006 04:55:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/08/inflammatory-comments-and-being-reported-to-your-employer.html#comment-66222 ELIZABETH...<br/><br/>Medicaid going broke because of the obese? Does that somehow imply that a majority of obese are on medicaid? LOL...You people with all your prejudices are a riot! And a damn sick riot at that. What about cancer? Maybe you just discriminate against those people. Alot of medical and ins. money being sucked up in cancer treatment.Maybe they are to blame for their own cancer? If they had gotten that colonoscopy or PAP test like they should have they wouldn't have gotten cancer so maybe we should just crucify them for being sick. If those damn heart disease sufferers would have changed their lifestyles long ago we wouldn't be paying for them to have coronary surgeries. Do you see how simple minded that all sounds?<br/><br/>Why stop there with medicaid? How about all the unwed teens having babies? Notice that was plural and not single, as in 3 or 4 or even 8 or 9? <br/><br/>Do you like supporting all those babies that you didn't create? What about their deadbeat dads, you like paying for his kids medical bills. When you figure out all this then you come talk to me about obese people. until then you should take a lesson on "how to be Civil to fellow human beings." ELIZABETH…

Medicaid going broke because of the obese? Does that somehow imply that a majority of obese are on medicaid? LOL…You people with all your prejudices are a riot! And a damn sick riot at that. What about cancer? Maybe you just discriminate against those people. Alot of medical and ins. money being sucked up in cancer treatment.Maybe they are to blame for their own cancer? If they had gotten that colonoscopy or PAP test like they should have they wouldn’t have gotten cancer so maybe we should just crucify them for being sick. If those damn heart disease sufferers would have changed their lifestyles long ago we wouldn’t be paying for them to have coronary surgeries. Do you see how simple minded that all sounds?

Why stop there with medicaid? How about all the unwed teens having babies? Notice that was plural and not single, as in 3 or 4 or even 8 or 9?

Do you like supporting all those babies that you didn’t create? What about their deadbeat dads, you like paying for his kids medical bills. When you figure out all this then you come talk to me about obese people. until then you should take a lesson on “how to be Civil to fellow human beings.”

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