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Okay, let me qualify and explain my post - before I am accused of being a "Flamer".
I did not, and don't intend to, say anything derogatory about Susan, who I agree did not flame, was not trying to stir up shit or did anything wrong at all. She was looking for honest advice and I hope she got some. I, myself, posted a link to her for a good exercise for thinning the legs.
Susan looks like a healthy chick and I understand what she is trying to do. Susan looked for and I think GOT some serious and sincere advice. She, herself, did NOT stir up anything. And yes, she was flamed - not by me - but flamed none the less.
My post in THIS thread refers to the Thin board itself and the women posting there. NOT to Susan - or her visit to this board. Susan's involvement here was entirely kosher - and she got much more shit than she deserved.
As for the majority of women posting to the thin board - they are admitted anorexics and bulimics and are revelling in destroying themselves and their bodies and their health. I spent some time over there. I READ the FAQ. They ADMIT - wholeheartedly - that they have serious emotional problems and instead of trying to get better - they are revelling in it and continue to try to reach bodyweights comparable to those of children. They complain that they were "forcibly intervened" when they were ALMOST at their goal of 85 pounds. This is not something I "made up" because I don't agree with their view point. This is something they admit to and have succumbed to. I didn't see one woman there who was trying to recover or be healthy.
And no, I don't have a lot of patience for people who are destroying themselves while their loved ones stand by helpless - especially when they seem to be continuing out of spite and flaunting it in their family's faces. I guess living ten years with an abusive anorexic alcoholic that eventually had to be institutionalized has ruined my patience for that sort of self-destructive behavior. When families invest their lives in you, I think they owe them a little more than that kind of covert hostility and despite.
So, KB - your sarcasm is well deserved. I am ashamed and chagrinned, but I find it difficult to hide my disgust. My post didn't have anything to do with Susan, at all. And frankly, I hope more of the "Thin" girls come over here and stick around and perhaps get a better perspective of what self-control is really all about.
Hope that clears the air as far as MY vitriolic post is concerned.
Fawn
I did not, and don't intend to, say anything derogatory about Susan, who I agree did not flame, was not trying to stir up shit or did anything wrong at all. She was looking for honest advice and I hope she got some. I, myself, posted a link to her for a good exercise for thinning the legs.
Susan looks like a healthy chick and I understand what she is trying to do. Susan looked for and I think GOT some serious and sincere advice. She, herself, did NOT stir up anything. And yes, she was flamed - not by me - but flamed none the less.
My post in THIS thread refers to the Thin board itself and the women posting there. NOT to Susan - or her visit to this board. Susan's involvement here was entirely kosher - and she got much more shit than she deserved.
As for the majority of women posting to the thin board - they are admitted anorexics and bulimics and are revelling in destroying themselves and their bodies and their health. I spent some time over there. I READ the FAQ. They ADMIT - wholeheartedly - that they have serious emotional problems and instead of trying to get better - they are revelling in it and continue to try to reach bodyweights comparable to those of children. They complain that they were "forcibly intervened" when they were ALMOST at their goal of 85 pounds. This is not something I "made up" because I don't agree with their view point. This is something they admit to and have succumbed to. I didn't see one woman there who was trying to recover or be healthy.
And no, I don't have a lot of patience for people who are destroying themselves while their loved ones stand by helpless - especially when they seem to be continuing out of spite and flaunting it in their family's faces. I guess living ten years with an abusive anorexic alcoholic that eventually had to be institutionalized has ruined my patience for that sort of self-destructive behavior. When families invest their lives in you, I think they owe them a little more than that kind of covert hostility and despite.
So, KB - your sarcasm is well deserved. I am ashamed and chagrinned, but I find it difficult to hide my disgust. My post didn't have anything to do with Susan, at all. And frankly, I hope more of the "Thin" girls come over here and stick around and perhaps get a better perspective of what self-control is really all about.
Hope that clears the air as far as MY vitriolic post is concerned.
Fawn
