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I guess bigotry is justified when the person being hated is an undesirable part of soceity. All we need is a public consensus and science, truth, and what is right be damned..
I say let history be your judge. 
Bad Wolf
Compulsive procrastinator  Religious Views: Agnostic atheist, anti-theist, whovian, misanthrope?
Sigh......
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House “Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom "If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech  RE: Obesity
September 1, 2014 at 9:39 am
(This post was last modified: September 1, 2014 at 9:40 am by Dystopia.)
(August 30, 2014 at 9:44 pm)Endo Wrote: Yeah, I'M a BIGOT because I don't want to pay for your fat ass, the poor choices you've made, and the drain on the medical system that you represent. I'M a BIGOT because YOUR CHOICES are affecting ME and MY WALLET. I'll pay for your shitty genes any day of the week, but not the shit YOU CAN CONTROL. Lol so your wallet is more important that protecting the right to healthcare? You got your values mixed up buddy - Why am I not paying for snowboard accidents again? It's a choice after all. Guess what - I don't think I should be paying healthcare for people like you who think money is more important than saving lives - It is more important to me than erasing obesity, after all I'll care about productivity above everything, the rest is irrelevant
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
 RE: Obesity
September 1, 2014 at 10:00 am
(This post was last modified: September 1, 2014 at 10:03 am by Endo.)
(September 1, 2014 at 9:39 am)Blackout Wrote:(August 30, 2014 at 9:44 pm)Endo Wrote: Yeah, I'M a BIGOT because I don't want to pay for your fat ass, the poor choices you've made, and the drain on the medical system that you represent. I'M a BIGOT because YOUR CHOICES are affecting ME and MY WALLET. I'll pay for your shitty genes any day of the week, but not the shit YOU CAN CONTROL. Um, yeah. SO SORRY I'm not as liberal and altruistic as everyone else on this site, but everyone knows that being obese is unhealthy for them. And snowboarding is an ACCIDENT, you may choose to be safe on the slopes, you may be the worst boarder in history, but an accident is an accident, not a choice. Fine, find a plan that doesn't carry "money-grubbers". I'm sure if the system were a bit less regulated, you'd be able to do that in a snap. But hey, since we're all bleeding-heart liberals here, I'm sure you're totally against de-regulation. Or hey, you could make an argument AGAINST punishing those who willfully hurt the fiscal stability of others through their choices. Call me a Nazi and be done with it. Heil. RE: Obesity
September 1, 2014 at 10:04 am
(This post was last modified: September 1, 2014 at 10:07 am by Dystopia.)
(September 1, 2014 at 10:00 am)Endo Wrote:(September 1, 2014 at 9:39 am)Blackout Wrote: Lol so your wallet is more important that protecting the right to healthcare? You got your values mixed up buddy - Why am I not paying for snowboard accidents again? It's a choice after all. No, in fact I'm more of a capitalist than a liberal, I'm not a leftist (I'm not a conservative either, I dislike labels), I'm more on the right and like re-regulation - But even I agree that free healthcare is a necessity and that letting someone die just because of their bad choices is inhumane and against western values - Perhaps because I live in Europe where no one questions universal healthcare I think like this - I'm a smoker and I'm tired of people complaining about me when the taxes I pay are not only used for healthcare but a small amount is even used for the economy (totally unrelated to smoking) without my consent. If you, let's say, went trough a depression and got obese, perhaps you were partially to blame, but would you like going to the hospital and being refused treatment? I don't think so - I think human life is not for sale and is worth more money than you'll pay in taxes your whole life - I'm happy paying taxes for people who make bad decisions because life is more important than money. And snowboarding is a choice as much as obesity can be or even smoking - Snowboarding in dangerous environments will increase the odds of accident - If people know this and do it, why am I paying again?
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
For breakfast I had a half of a bell pepper (green) filled with eggs and chorizo. It was delicious. Absolutely spectacular. Mouth watering yummyness
Bad Wolf
Compulsive procrastinator Religious Views: Agnostic atheist, anti-theist, whovian, misanthrope?
At no point did endo claim that he wanted to deny healthcare to people with obesity caused illnesses, stop strawmanning
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House “Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom "If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech |
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