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- From: msp@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu (Michael S. Pettersen)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Food for thought, was : Bear Crap
- Message-ID: <14757.2b0f6a7f@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 16:09:51 GMT
- Article-I.D.: ohstpy.14757.2b0f6a7f
- References: <1992Nov16.163852.19134@spdcc.com> <michaelh.721963181@Xenon.Stanford.EDU> <69735@cup.portal.com> <87558@bcsaic.boeing.com> <74560@apple.apple.COM>
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- In article <74560@apple.apple.COM>, richard@Apple.COM (a flying squirrel) writes:
- > Dave Kerlick writes:
- >
- >>>GDM:
- >>>I realize we're probably not going to do away with the prejudice
- >>>against "overweight" any time soon; but there is no reason
- >
- >>To put it in another light, how would tall people feel if they were
- >>referred to in the media and by others as "overheight?"
- >
- > Your analogy does not wash, m'dear. The common perception, right or
- > wrong, is that people can control their weight through exercise and
- > diet. With vertical stature, one gets what one's genes dictate. No
- > amount of "Richard Simmons' Deal-A-Meal" would shorten (or lengthen)
- > people. Only a bandsaw could do that.
-
- Choice or no choice, discrimination on the basis of height also exists.
- It's well known, I think, that the taller candidate for president is more
- likely to win; it may not be as widely known that there is a correlation
- between height and wages (tall=$$$).
-
- --
- Mike Pettersen
- msp@physique.ens.fr
- Perfect love casteth out fear.
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