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**somozasayre** · 04-02-2010, 02:22 PM

WTF is the point of that article? it seems like nobody thinks she should have made the comment about her kids. why not? they are her kids, if they might be getting a smidge fat then that should concern her. as far as im concerned she was just making a comment just about any other parent would have made, some parents just dont notice.

also WTF is the point of the people they quoted in the article? that we shouldnt discuss our kids possibly becoming fat, that some how it's wrong to talk about it at all. wanting to spare someone's feelings by not talking about them getting fat isnt doing them any favors. HOW you talk to them and about it is the concern. nobody wants to be told they're fat but guess what? THERE ARE A LOT OF FAT PEOPLE! if you cant handle being told you're fat no matter how nicely its said you have a problem.

you cant handle a situation if you use a hands off approach. "hey let's all look at the elephant in the room but let's not discuss it. let's not mention we see it, let's not discuss anything about it." cuz someone might get their feelings hurt. boohoo!

i see nothing wrong with what she said. she didnt say anything mean, she only mentioned her kids in passing, she was mostly talking about herself in the quote how she hadnt noticed. i know eating disorders are a serious problem but not talking about it could lead to eating disorders also.

people in this country have this awful habit of not wanting to discuss things and those things happen to be the very ones we're having problems with. like issues about race. because we seemingly are not allowed to discuss that subject freely and we still have lots of problems with it. kids are becoming more and more unruly and nobody wants to talk about it. it might hurt johnny's feelings. same with their education. let's not give johnny an F that will hurt his feelings and we dont want him to feel bad he failed, so we'll give him another letter so he doesnt have to feel like he should work harder and do better next time.

the commonality? each revolves around this idea that discussing (insert name of subject here) will hurt someone's feelings and that takes precedence over actually doing something about these problem. there is a lot of denial going on in this country and it's bullshit.

and people wonder why the country is in the condition it's in. but they wont want to discuss that either.

04-02-2010, 02:22 PM	#7
somozasayre Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 477 Senior Member	WTF is the point of that article? it seems like nobody thinks she should have made the comment about her kids. why not? they are her kids, if they might be getting a smidge fat then that should concern her. as far as im concerned she was just making a comment just about any other parent would have made, some parents just dont notice. also WTF is the point of the people they quoted in the article? that we shouldnt discuss our kids possibly becoming fat, that some how it's wrong to talk about it at all. wanting to spare someone's feelings by not talking about them getting fat isnt doing them any favors. HOW you talk to them and about it is the concern. nobody wants to be told they're fat but guess what? THERE ARE A LOT OF FAT PEOPLE! if you cant handle being told you're fat no matter how nicely its said you have a problem. you cant handle a situation if you use a hands off approach. "hey let's all look at the elephant in the room but let's not discuss it. let's not mention we see it, let's not discuss anything about it." cuz someone might get their feelings hurt. boohoo! i see nothing wrong with what she said. she didnt say anything mean, she only mentioned her kids in passing, she was mostly talking about herself in the quote how she hadnt noticed. i know eating disorders are a serious problem but not talking about it could lead to eating disorders also. people in this country have this awful habit of not wanting to discuss things and those things happen to be the very ones we're having problems with. like issues about race. because we seemingly are not allowed to discuss that subject freely and we still have lots of problems with it. kids are becoming more and more unruly and nobody wants to talk about it. it might hurt johnny's feelings. same with their education. let's not give johnny an F that will hurt his feelings and we dont want him to feel bad he failed, so we'll give him another letter so he doesnt have to feel like he should work harder and do better next time. the commonality? each revolves around this idea that discussing (insert name of subject here) will hurt someone's feelings and that takes precedence over actually doing something about these problem. there is a lot of denial going on in this country and it's bullshit. and people wonder why the country is in the condition it's in. but they wont want to discuss that either.
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