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Old 06-23-2010, 02:58 PM
DrPhil DrPhil is offline
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Why should someone need an excuse?
In response to your rhetorical, people make excuses to THEMSELVES as well as to others. Societies, families, norms and values exist because people don't mind their own business and don't feel as though everything that others do is none of their concern.

So, back to the topic at hand:

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I hate the idea that we can say "well it's WRONG to judge someone with a thyroid condition but Suzie over there's just a fatty."
Then don't say that. That certainly isn't the intention of this thread.

If you're responding to the article, I agree. The article makes a distinction between "fat by choice" and "fat by force."

Last edited by DrPhil; 06-23-2010 at 03:06 PM.
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