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@drivel wrote:
Same probs here
I didnt have any food for my mid morning meal last week – so called at Asda on way to work – got a tin of whole crab and a tin opener
2 hours later I had managed to open half of the can – which i finished off with a knife !!!!!!!
Do they actually ever try these things out on a “can” before marketing them ???
Tax the crab eaters!!!! :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink: 8)
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@gyps wrote:
@drivel wrote:
To be fair Gyps the thread was about excess fat not anorexia
I would imagine that the majority of fat people are fat due to over indulgence , and could really do something about it if they were bothered
I have no idea how you would battle anorexia , it is obviously close to your heart with your daughter
Are you suggesting though that all people who are fat , have the same kind of problems as anorexics – but in the opposite way ???I know what the thread is about Driv and I feel my point is relevant in that why just tax people who are fat when thin people can cost the NHS just as much time and money?
I wouldn’t tax people – that’s rather a silly and unworkable idea
I’d just like to see people make more of an effort to look after themselves and stay healthy – but I suppose that’s a matter of personal choice !!
That’s fair enough comment Driv, and I agree with you to an extent, but the thread is about taxing the fat, and I was merely pointing out that thin people can cost the tax payer just as much in time, money and effort as fat people.
@drivel wrote:
To be fair Gyps the thread was about excess fat not anorexia
I would imagine that the majority of fat people are fat due to over indulgence , and could really do something about it if they were bothered
I have no idea how you would battle anorexia , it is obviously close to your heart with your daughter
Are you suggesting though that all people who are fat , have the same kind of problems as anorexics – but in the opposite way ???I know what the thread is about Driv and I feel my point is relevant in that why just tax people who are fat when thin people can cost the NHS just as much time and money?
If a fat person is overweight due to overindulgence then I guess one could say it’s self inflicted.
My daughter, for whatever reasons, made the decision herself to stop eating. Therefore one could argue that her illness is also self inflicted.
Therefore, should she be taxed as a ‘thin’ person?
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Ok, I’ve tried really hard to ignore this thread (sorry Rubes….) but I cant.
My beautiful 16 year old daughter has suffered with Anorexia since she was 13. She has had many ups, and believe me, many, many lows. No one can pinpoint the exact reason for the onset of an eating disorder, but she will tell you that part of her wants so hard to conform to what society deems acceptable, i.e. slim women not fat.
(She has never been overweight, even before her eating disorder.)For the past three and a half years, she has attended hospital and been assigned her own dietitian and therapist for her disorder. I, as a mother, felt I was in someway to blame for not being able to control this disease. I wanted to make her ‘well’ again but I couldnt. Subsequently, I had to attend therapy in order to make me realise that no one is actually to blame.
My younger daughter and husband also had to attend sessions in order to help us understand what was going on with Katie.
Therefore, in this instance, a ‘thin’ person has cost the NHS quite a lot of money.
Thin people also cost a lot of money, and thin people lose lives as well.
Therefore, should she be taxed for being thin?
Live and let live. No one person has the right to judge another until they have walked in their shoes and understood their circumstances.
