We're the 5th fattest state in the country! (Greenville: taxes, live)

[g-man430]

Your butt is wide, well mine is too
Just watch your mouth or I'll sit on you
The word is out, better treat me right
'Cause I'm the king of cellulite
Ham on, ham on, ham on whole wheat, all right

My zippers bust, my buckles break
I'm too much man for you to take
The pavement cracks when I fall down
I've got more chins than chinatown

Well, I've never used a phone booth
And I've never seen my toes
When I'm going to the movies
I take up seven rows

Because I'm fat, I'm fat, (fat, fat, really really fat)
You know I'm fat, I'm fat, you know it
(fat, fat, really really fat)
You know I'm fat, I'm fat, come on you know
(fat, fat, really really fat)
Dont you call me pudgy, portly or stout
Just now tell me once again who’s fat ahhhhhh!ahhhh!

[guestposter24]

Sorry to hear that g-man.

[The Drizzle]

Originally Posted by guestposter24

Say I move to China and become a citizen, pay taxes, etc. Would it really make sense for me to start saying "why does the rest of the world think we still bind women's feet and eat snakes?" when I would have moved there and had no one in my family in the generations before that I would have picked up those stereotypes from? Would I suddenly have a sense of place in China and become Chinese? At least not right away. I don't think your opinion is invalid, I just don't think it makes sense.

I just don't think that many people would use the sidewalks(I don't know if they could even put any on Woodruff Road.)

*hugs self*

Your logic on this makes no sense.

First off, would you say that if someone moved here and their house caught on fire because it was hit by lighting, that is was their fault because "they knew we had lighting here"?

Second, you're equating a cultural practice of another country (binding feet) with people being obese. The two aren't even related, unless it was the practice here to spoon feed your children lard from day one. You're comparing a country's culture to people that, in most cases, are not taking care of themselves.

Third, I never heard the stereotype of the South being fat. If anything, this sounds like a stereotype of the where I'm from.

You're so concerned about stereotypes, but yet you are perpetuating the very thing you want to get rid of.

[p2y2r7o]

1. guestposter24, give up. Please. You're arguments make no sense in this thread.

2. I have to agree that larger people seem to always look happier. Why do people think we have to fix this "obesity problem"? Maybe some people don't mind being obese, or even like it. Worry about yourself and stop caring about what others look like. If someone really wants to lose weight let them do it, you don't have to build a sidewalk right up to their doorstep.

3. More sidewalks would help, sure. Bike lanes are slowly coming...a couple more were painted downtown. I'd love to see more along Laurens, Pleasantburg, Wade Hampton, etc, but honestly I would be scared to ride in a bike lane on those roads. Heck...I'd be scared to walk on those sidewalks. I think these trails such as the Swamp Rabbit trail need to connect every major area of the city. It would be amazing if part of the trail was within a couple miles of everybody's house and they all connected downtown and at other major destinations.

4. (random story) One time in kindergarten we had a very large "teacher" who was very mean. I had a friend who must have been acting up one day so you know what she did? She put him on his stomach, put his hands and feet up to his back, and sat on him. Needless to say he was in a great deal of pain and she was fired within about 10 minutes. (one of us ran to the office and told on her!)

[g-man430]

Regarding #2 p2y2r70, when these obese people have to go to the hospital due to the heart disease they get from being overweight, guess who gets to pay the medical bills if the person can't afford it? That's right. You and me do with our tax dollars.

[elvislives]

Originally Posted by g-man430

Regarding #2 p2y2r70, when these obese people have to go to the hospital due to the heart disease they get from being overweight, guess who gets to pay the medical bills if the person can't afford it? That's right. You and me do with our tax dollars.

So a fit person has a heart attack while out jogging and goes to the hospital and has not insurance who pays for it we do. so exactly what is your point?

[g-man430]

Originally Posted by elvislives

So a fit person has a heart attack while out jogging and goes to the hospital and has not insurance who pays for it we do. so exactly what is your point?

I doubt a young healthy person jogging has a heart attack that often. Who do you think has more health problems? A healthy person or an overweight person? Certainly an overweight person. Go ask a doctor if you don't believe me. Even if you have the money to pay for your own medical bills, why would you want to waste it on going to the hospital because you couldn't lay off the burgers and fries?

[The Drizzle]

Originally Posted by g-man430

Regarding #2 p2y2r70, when these obese people have to go to the hospital due to the heart disease they get from being overweight, guess who gets to pay the medical bills if the person can't afford it? That's right. You and me do with our tax dollars.

There a lot of other preventable health conditions out there that the system, ie, the hospital, goverenment, tax payers, etc, have to pay for when someone without health care goes to the hospital. Unless you're proposing universal health care, which this thread isn't about, then this will always be an issue. I wouldn't single out just obese people with this criticism though.

[elvislives]

Originally Posted by g-man430

I doubt a young healthy person jogging has a heart attack that often. Who do you think has more health problems? A healthy person or an overweight person? Certainly an overweight person. Go ask a doctor if you don't believe me. Even if you have the money to pay for your own medical bills, why would you want to waste it on going to the hospital because you couldn't lay off the burgers and fries?

The are literally hundreds of instances of people having hearts attacks and strokes exercising .... www.adam.com.about.com....... www.bystander.homestead.com...... www.wavy.com\global\story\.asp ...Shoot even the guy who invented the sport died while doing it of a heart attack.. so your logic is very flawed..

[Sonrise]

Originally Posted by elvislives

The are literally hundreds of instances of people having hearts attacks and strokes exercising .... Welcome to About.com....... Bystander...... www.wavy.com\global\story\.asp ...Shoot even the guy who invented the sport died while doing it of a heart attack.. so your logic is very flawed..

No it's not. as much as it pains me to agree with GMan, there's no way a few anecdotal stories can equate to the health problems associated with morbid obesity; plus as a self professing Christian, you have to admit that obesity/gluttony is a sin. Overeating is no different then drug addiction or alcoholism, it's just more socially acceptable, especially here in the south.