Ch00paKabrA said:
docnjoj said:
I guess I have too much time on my hands, since I teach, Pathology and Nutrition for a major University. I was agreeing with you up until the very end. This weight gain is no conspiracy theory. CDC as addressed the issue and we as Americans are too fat.
Now are you considering eugenics to get rid of these fat people? It is serious to espouse those beliefs, since the Nazis did the same thing. They wanted to get rid of "inferior races" instead of fat people, but the principle is the same. Are you suggesting we withhold insulin from diabetics? There is a better way.
otherDoc
Edit: I just reread (too much time and anger now)your closing and apparently you will live forever. If we withhold treatment for cancer, well why not heart disease. That kills almost everyone! What are you going to die from?
Either you mis-read or I stated poorly and I appologize.
No, I am not insinuating that we should stop treating these people. I am not even insinuating that medicine is a bad thing. All I am stating is what no one else has the courage to say: There are consequences to our actions. One of the good consequences to insulin is that diabetics get to live longer, more normal lives. To ignore the flip side of it though would be foolish. The inverse is that as these people live longer, they will be more likely to pass down the genes for diabetes to their offspring (and they are). That is all I am saying.
No need to bring Hitler into this. As far congestive heart failure is concerned, the same applies.
There is NO argument that medications make us stronger as a species (Darwin style). The whole point of medication is to enable the weak to survive.
It is a simple point with no malice intended.
As far as America being overweight, The CDC is the entity that controls and distorts the statistics. I would challenge you to compare the definition of obese from the 1980s to now. What changed? The "ideal weights" per height got lower. As soon as this happened, we had a whole influx of people that were previously deemed healthy and normal now classified as "overweight" and many who were simply "overweight" were now classified as obese. I remember when it happened because the illustration using Arnold was broadcast all over the news. "Top Body builder with a bfi of less than 6% now considered OBESE!"
However, you can disagree with me if you like but did anything in my write-up about the movie ring untrue?
Edit: I forgot to answer your last question. I don't know what I am going to die from. I used to smoke so maybe it will be lung cancer. I have GERD so maybe esophageal cancer. Heart disease runs in my family so maybe a heart attack. That wasn't the point of my post and I am sorry that I angered you but if you let your emotions subside, Is what I wrote really that out of line?