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Kain067 · Joined: 21 May 2004

of course behaviours eventually override genetics, but you seem to be negating the base genetic components underlying it all. if that kid i mentioned locked himself in solitary with nothing but Doritos, eventually he'd develop a gut. But if I were to just eat a bag of Doritos a day, and still keep my exercise plan and regular eating I'm on, you would have a hard time distinguishing my arms and legs from the perfect sphereball my body would compose. i am starving myself and walking miles every day, my diet resembles a goat's, and i am finally at a good weight. if my more metabolismally-favored friends were to do the same, they would resembe a somalian.

asian thinness being mostly social? please. not only are they thin, they are slight. look at the girly teenage boys you see walking around. they cannot build muscle, and have a damn hard time building fat.

obesity and metabolism can be modified, but it falls into the same genetic category as those things that cannot. height. boob size. doodle size. we know those things vary from race to race and from person to person, and we cant pretend we have control over them. obesity and metabolism we have a little control over, so we pretend we have full control over them.

humans are controlled by genetics a lot more than they would like to, in their dependence on equality and democracy and responsibility, flatter themselves to believe. many of our very personalities and thoughts (what some may call, at least parts of, our souls) are controlled by genetics. why then not these physical things?

boils down to, yes we can control it, but for some being thin is like having to do a pushup every day, and for others it is like having to roll a 3 ton rock up a bumpy hill.

so we cant keep holding everyone to the same moral accountabilty, as if one pound = one moral failure. and that is what koreans and hollywood do, to bring the point round.

batman · Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:35 am Post subject:

crazylemongirl · Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Location: almost there...

Hey guys my comment was directed at the general frustation of guys who come of here and complain about all western women in korea being fat slobs. I don't discount that there are fat women in korea but if you look at the general attuide of the board (in the past not so bad at the moment) you'd think that there were brad pitts typing away at the keyboard while gwenth palatoro in a fat suit typed away at the other part.

As for the topic. I think moving here puts a bit lifestyle change on it. I don't eat western fast food if I'm looking for a quick bite to eat, I would rather eat bibimbap or mandu guk. Others who don't take to korean food probably eat more junk food then they would back home.

In the end I think that the obession of obesity should be on getting people healthy. Sure there are plenty of sticks here, and plenty of overweight people back in the west. But what do they have in common? They can't walk 2 flights of stairs without getting breathless. That is a sign that neither of them is particularly healthy.

I think as long as people eat a balanced diet with regular exercise, then that's cool whether they are a size 0 or a size 16. The most important thing is that they are healthy.

the_beaver · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

mishlert · Joined: 13 Mar 2003 Location: On the 3rd rock from the sun

I was living in Florence, Italy once and knew the owners of a hostel.
Well, one day I went to Mc Donalds (no shame) and ordered a meal deal and went to see one of the owners. As I was talking to him, in Italian, a guest looked at my bag and said, "Oh yeah, now that's REAL Italian food."
I looked at him smirking and replied, "I live here."
Well, his smirk was gone in less than a second, and just as fast he walked out the door.
That episode always sticks in my mind because people like him go around hoping to make you feel ashamed for having gone to a fast food restaurant in a foreign land. Of course, in my opinion, as soon as they get back home, off they go to Arbys, Wendy's, Burger King, etc and justifying it to themselves that they are home so it's not the same; it's OK.

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

igotthisguitar · Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 2:37 am Post subject:

>. I'm not ashamed, i just rarely go. Like once every 6 months ... for an ice-cream ... maybe Laughing

Starbucks even less Idea

The Great Toad · Joined: 12 Jun 2004