[The Duke]

We are supposed to feel sorry for these pigs?

Actually, I don't feel nearly as sorry for "these pigs" as I do for those, such as yourself, who apparently only take glee in their misfortune. I suspect it is the very evil that drives us to kick a dog when it's down that causes many of the obese to look away from the world and towards the refrigerator.

The obese have no more problems than anyone else I've ever known, theirs are simply more visible.

[Adder]

I take no "glee" in these folks misfortunes as I take none in anyone elses. I suspect that those who "look towards the refrigerator" need other ways to channel that craving. Its not like this is a new phenomena or that these folk "don't know". Whats next: that obeisity is a "disease"? Thats bs.
To make excuses and cluck over how sad it is only enables them, as it does other "victims". There has been mounds of information concerning good nutrition on tv, obviously their choice of entertainment and information.
However, I refuse to feel sorry for them and I refuse to support the coming grab for money that articles like this pressage.
Do I care about their "humiliation" when they are so grossly overweight that they can barely move? Did they get that way overnight? Were they born that way? Was the solution simply to get off their a$$es and move?
There is a fat woman who lives in public housing suing, I think in Boston, because her apartment is not designed to accomodate her girth. No, she can't diet to fit her surroundings, everyone must go out of their way to make things ok for her. Thats just plain sorry.
Its a load of crap I'm not buying into.

[ladyrustic]

Amen to that, Duke. I am always astounded by some freeper's lack of compassion for their fellow man. They refuse to feel compassion for anyone who brought their misery on themself either entirely, or in part.

I remember a few of these threads... in one a Mexican woman died of thirst in the desert trying to reach the states.

Apparently, according to several posters, she got just exactly what she deserved.

In another, some woman with terminal cancer, a disabled husband, and four kids took to panhandling to supplement their food income. She and her husband were ravaged by freepers-- a typical post read something like,

"I refuse to feel sorry for that woman and her husband, they should have socked money away for a rainy day such as this when they had a chance. And if they were truly hungry, as they claim they are (but I have my doubts), then she wouldn't have bought that can of coffee with her other groceries. She would have spent all the money on REAL food, not luxuries like coffee. Something just doesn't pass the smell test here..."

I understand personal responsibility, but I also know that Christ showed us a mercy and grace that not one of us deserves. We need to try to do the same for our fellow man.