"Jim Henderson"  wrote in message news:52504552$1@news.povray.org...

>On Sat, 05 Oct 2013 11:37:19 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>> This may be a cultural thing. In the UK about that time, fat or over
>> weight was seen to be a sign of greed, gluttany or self/over indulgence.
>> When I reached 210 lb at 5' 10" I was shocked into going on a crash
>> diet.
>
>Well, yeah - but we also have causes that aren't due to overeating, but
>the stigma is still applied to those who have other issues.
>
>The result is that there are lots of people here who don't know enough to
>mind their own business.  Many people feel the need to comment - directly
>- to people they don't know about their weight.

We have causes that aren't due to racism that cause people to say racist 
things. Do you "mind your own business" when you hear hate speech?

-Shay

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