It is. If it were a purely health issue, fine, but it's taken on moralistic - and often sexist and classist - overtones which rile me no end. I think in Detroit people drive cars too much, they are too 'scared' to walk even short distances. The Dutch posse at the festival walked from Transmat to their hotels downtown and back every day - perhaps ill advisedly, I don't know - and didn't think a thing of it as that's the European lifestyle. Plus poverty means people eat more junk food than fresh veg and fruit which is costly.
> yeah, i've heard reports that australia is the second most obese nation. > but as the 51 state of the union i don't know if we count as a seperate > country. > so has detriot surpassed new orleans for obesity? man, that's a real > achievement - it's hard to beat a city that has beignes(sp?) for breakfast. > mmmmmmm beigne. > yippee, it's lunchtime! > james > www.jbucknell.com > > > > > > > "Cyclone Wehner" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > il.com.au> To > 313 Detroit <313@hyperreal.org> > 21/10/04 02:46 AM cc > > Subject > Re: (313) are they serious? > > > > > > > > > > > God let's not get into the morality of weight here, please. ;) > Australia is the second I think. > It may be cute for the fellas, but, God, for women this has become nothing > short of a modern day Inquistion. It's sad to say but a woman's worth today > is what she weighs on the scale. UK-bashing is silly, agreed. > >> Good point - UK-bashing is definitely a bit of a trend these days on 313, >> but let's not go down the road of forgetting what nation has the world's >> biggest problem with obesity... :) >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Robert Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: 20 October 2004 10:57 >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Martin Dust >>> Cc: 313@hyperreal.org >>> Subject: RE: (313) are they serious? >>> >>> >>> Haha that's rich, coming from the land of the supersize! >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 8:42 PM >>> To: Martin Dust >>> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 313@hyperreal.org >>> Subject: Re: (313) are they serious? >>> >>> I understand England has a >>> shortage of thin women. ;) >>> >>> ################### >> > > ForwardSourceID:NT00014DAA >
