Auntie Charo's Soapbox

Here's what Pacman from yahoo wrote me:"pacman_42@yahoo.com
(Pacman, odd that he would use a name that goes around a maze EATING things until they are ALL gone....similar to that of a person eating everything on his plate.)
There is so much faulty logic in your "anti-fat cop" campaign that I do not know where to begin. I remember this being an issue years ago when your page was all pink. But this claim (Who's claiming what? That cops are fat? Dear heart, look at the photo that appeared on the PDN issue the article was written about and tell me that those cops didn't dook like avocadoes with feet!)that insulting fat people (sorry if people who are told they're fat or obese think it's an insult to be told they're fat or obese. In fact, dear sir, it is merely the truth. You can choose to receive the truth in any way you choose. You can choose to deny that the scare reads 400 pounds and that you wear 6XXX or, you can choose the truth. You can choose to accept that you will die of a stroke or a heart attack and will leave a family with out a father or live in denial, or even chose to believe that it's an insult. You can even blame me if you can't buckle your belt after you've eaten Shirley's fried rice and pork chops with it's finadene sauce, no matter!) will somehow get them to all of the sudden live a healthy lifestyle is just plain absurd. (Yes, here, I agree with you, it's absurd of me to think that people such as yourself would think that your life and the life of your friends who are overweight have something to live for, that life is precious and that life can be prolonged if one heart doesn't have to beat for the size of three people!) Think about it... if insults cured obesity, there would be no such thing as fat children in our school... because those kids get a barrage of insults everyday.(This mister is absurd. Kids would lose weight if they could control how they eat. Unfortunately, their parents don't know about nutrition. They don't know how unhealthy fast foods are. Fat and obese kids are that way mostly because their parents are ignorant about healthy eating habits) It is sad that the rate of diabetes and coronary artery disease is killing us at a younger and younger age, and I agree that something definitely must be done, but you my dear need to have a little more humilty (Sir, my having humility has nothing to do with the health problems of this island. I merely pointed out that all the cops in that one picture covering that one accident at Route 16 were obese. Whether or not I am humble or proud has no bearing on the health of these unhealthy cops) (Pacman says: I believe to be one of the seven virtues) in your approach to this epidemic. Our Chamorro culture centers around food... we celebrate every stage of life from conception to death with food. (You're right on target. Everything we do is around food. We're literally killing ourselves. You just said that everything you do is centered around food. Do you live to eat or do you eat to live? Several friends hiked this afternoon. We enjoyed the view from Mt. Alutum. We drank water and ate trail mix. A few of us had bananas and oranges. We were out almost six hours and we consumed nothing that polluted our bodies...that was our choice?) After church our families go out to eat. (There you go? Bet you to to places like Shirleys...Denneys, other places that directly attack your arteries...) We have hundreds of years of Chamorro culture that we're up against, and it's going to take more than insulting big people to take care of this problem. (Are you blaming this on me?) Really, all I sense from you is pride (another deadly sin). (Yes, I do have pride. I'm proud of you Chamorro cops. I want to show Chamorro cops off. They're smart and considering the conditions that they work under do damn good work.......but they're not healthy cops and this has absolutely nothing do do with my pride. Believe me, it takes no pride on my part to call a spade a spade. If you're overweight, you're overweight. Do you really think that I would be a humble person to say that those cops that appeared in that photo were thin and healthy cops? I think you're grasping at straws, my friend) Every large person you bring up in your comments comes with a shirt size like 9XXX. There is no sense of caring in your malicious postings towards obese people... so stop thinking you're lending a hand in the health of our island. Your comments are just plain ridiculous.
(Pacman, You can call me ridiculous, you can call me proud, not a humble person and any other name that comes to your mind. But before you do that, step onto a scale then do a google search and find out what you're suppose to weigh...if your weight is on target.......disregard everything I've said because it wasn't meant for you......if you're overweight and have loved ones that depend on you.....then you owe it to them to live a long and fruitful life.
If if makes you feel good to write and tell me off, it's okay...I've been insulted by experts!