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- From: mec6@quads.uchicago.edu (rini)
- Subject: Re: Why are many low-income women fat? (was Re: Separate but Equal?)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.173231.8126@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 17:32:31 GMT
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- payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne) writes:
- >jenk@microsoft.com (Jen Kilmer) writes:
- >>payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne) writes:
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- >>>I did not state that "fat people cannot be physically fit" (another
- >>>misrepresentation rini), but that they are -not- fit. If the distinction
- >>>is to subtle, then this thread should die.
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- >>You state that people can be fit or fat. Exclusive or.
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- >Not exactly, few choose to get fat, I suspect that this is usually a matter
- >of training and circumstance. However, noone will go from fat to fit
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >without a consious decision to do so, and a commitment to that goal.
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- Again, the implication that fat and fit are exclusive.
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- One tip: the opposite of "fat" is "thin". The opposite of "fit" is
- "out of shape". Fat != unfit and thin != fit... okay?
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- rini
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