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Originally Posted by mossguy
Sammy - Do you really want to see that??
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Interesting question Tom. The video seems to evoke three kinds of responses:
1. Pity for the fat lady because she's obese
2. Laughter at the fat lady because she's obese
3. Laughter at the the food because it's so absurdly unhealthy
1. is humane
2. is inhumane
3. is logical
I can't help but draw a comparison between how this thread is starting out and how Jeff Higgins' thread started out.
Jeff's thread ultimately took a turn from being just another gay bashing festival to one that became pretty much a Boxter bashing festival, neither humane nor inhumane and, while not necessarily logical, entertaining and sometimes humorous.
This seemed to me to come about when push came to shove and basic human decency and compassion surfaced and squelched the mean spirited humor which we all seem to so easily fall prey to.
In the course of that thread I experienced a newfound respect for a number of posters for whom I previously had little or none. In the end, I personally feel that what started out as an obnoxious and bigoted joke fest with gays as the target, turned out to be an enlightening and worthwhile thread, not only for me but for a number of others as well.
I'd sure like to see this thread turn out that way, because the same considerations are at play in this thread as in Jeff's, the only difference being that one started out bashing gays and this one started out bashing the obese.
I'm betting that that will happen, while at the same time realizing that there will always be the few intransigent personality types who would enjoy watching the fat lady's head explode.