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Originally Posted by Boblobla
Where do you get these numbers? I hear that 67.2% of all statistics are made up on the spot...
Maybe not too fat to attend school, but eating so unhealthy that they have developed diabetes? Or can't take a flight of stairs w/o being flushed and short of breath? I bet that number is higher than 1/100000...
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Of course they are made up. They come from my 35 years of using my eyes. Personally, I have never met a person too overweight to make it to the hospital if they had to, so that sort of leads me to believe there aren't a lot of them around. And see where I said "maybe" and put a question mark at the end? That means I am making an educated guess. But hey, if you need to challenge me to back up my life experience with stats to make your argument more plausible, then you win I guess.
The post I responded to was talking about parents that were so fat that they could not attend a grad or bring someone to the hospital. That is a seriously far cry from getting flushed when you go up some stairs. Pretty much everyone over 65 gets flushed going up stairs. I guess we need to keep them away from kids so they don't corrupt them with their unhealthy lifestyle.
Anyway, this thread is majorly off topic now. I will just leave things by saying I am happy when lawmakers at least try to help those who can't help themselves.