Re: Don't store Santas get a crash course in deali... - Page 3

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

There is something very wrong when people feel it is their right to shame others and deliberately hurt a child.

Especially when they have no clue as to what the cause is, yet they set themselves up as judge, jury and the one to cause pain.

bri20 · ‎03-10-2016

@cherry wrote:
The problems of weight can be cause by many different things. I don't think it's even fully understood, medically

Some people battle with weight, their entire lives. It seems like this is the last bastion of prejudice, that some people think is OK

Yes, there are many reasons why children are overweight. One of the biggest reasons is the amount of sugar they are consuming. High fructose corn syrup is a big contributor to obesity in children.

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

@Noel7 wrote:
@Plaid Pants2 wrote:
@Noel7 wrote:
@sidsmom wrote:
@SahmIam wrote:
....and this is why doctors often don't discuss a patient being overweight/obese with the patient; especially a pediatrician.

Should the Santa have said something?No. Is he correct? Yes.
It's so sad.
This kid is morbidly obese.
At this rate, he's going to live a very, very short life.

Obviously this kid's village' doesn't care about him so
maybe the best 'person' to tell the truth is Santa.
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@sidsmom

Do you really believe the kid has no idea that he's obese, so some man in a fat suit should tell him?

Please see the info posted on the cause of many children being overweight.

Yes, there are different reasons why a kid is overweight.

One of them being poor eating habits and sedentary lifestyle.

Or, are we going to ignore that as a very real cause of obesity, too?
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@Plaid Pants2

You could not possibly know the reason that child is overweight, yet you are willing to cause him pain. And at Christmas.

It's sad. If the story was that the Santa made fun of a blind child or child with Downs Syndrome or a child with one leg.....there would be a whole different narrative going on. The same people who are beating up on that boy because he's....horrors....fat; would be incensed.

cherry · ‎03-09-2010

What if he is on steriods? That can put on the pounds.

I am amazed that people think it's Ok to make a 9 year old cry

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

@cherry wrote:
What if he is on steriods? That can put on the pounds.

I am amazed that people think it's Ok to make a 9 year old cry

So there's "good" fat and "bad" fat? Is that what you are saying? I don't think it matters at all why the kid is fat. That's not the issue. I don't care if he sits on the couch eating Doritos and Oreos all day. That's not the issue. The issue is a grown man choosing to be cruel to child...just because he can. Apparently, a whole lot of people think that's ok. That's the truly sad part of the story.

cherry · ‎03-09-2010

@chrystaltree wrote:
@cherry wrote:
What if he is on steriods? That can put on the pounds.

I am amazed that people think it's Ok to make a 9 year old cry

So there's "good" fat and "bad" fat? Is that what you are saying? I don't think it matters at all why the kid is fat. That's not the issue. I don't care if he sits on the couch eating Doritos and Oreos all day. That's not the issue. The issue is a grown man choosing to be cruel to child...just because he can. Apparently, a whole lot of people think that's ok. That's the truly sad part of the story.

No I am just pointing out fat can come from many reasons, some are things you can't control. So to assume people know all about this boy is wrong

bri20 · ‎03-10-2016

@chrystaltree wrote:

@chrystaltree wrote:
@cherry wrote:
What if he is on steriods? That can put on the pounds.

I am amazed that people think it's Ok to make a 9 year old cry

So there's "good" fat and "bad" fat? Is that what you are saying? I don't think it matters at all why the kid is fat. That's not the issue. I don't care if he sits on the couch eating Doritos and Oreos all day. That's not the issue. The issue is a grown man choosing to be cruel to child...just because he can. Apparently, a whole lot of people think that's ok. That's the truly sad part of the story.

I don't mean to speak for Cherry, but I don't think that's what she's saying at all.

There are many reasons why children are overweight - food, lifestyle, medications, lack of activity...

Puppy Lips · ‎05-09-2010

@Plaid Pants2 wrote:
Looking at a picture of the kid, he is overweight, and I think everybody can agree that that isn't healthy, and that the kid could stand to loose a few.

That is not the point. It was not the place of Santa to comment on his weight. Period. What an awful memory that boy will have for the rest of his life.

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. Margaret Mead

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

Let us not forget also that a common cause of obesity in someone of any age is clinical depression, and there are many children who suffer from clinical depression.

How on earth does an adult decide it is their right, their duty, to add to that depression for anyone, especially a child?

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

@chrystaltree wrote:
@SahmIam wrote:
....and this is why doctors often don't discuss a patient being overweight/obese with the patient; especially a pediatrician.

Should the Santa have said something?No. Is he correct? Yes.
So fat shaming is perfectly alright....as long as you are right? Does that work for everything?

I would go so far as to say that shaming in general, in every possible way, is deemed "honest" and "helpful" and "caring" by some. It's no different than garden variety bigotry - the purpose is to make people feel better about their own failings/shortcomings. As long as people in some way don't measure up to (the figurative) you and you can point that out, wow, (figurative) you're feelin' good for the day!

Life without Mexican food is no life at all