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Message: HTML is not enabled. UBB Code™ is enabled.	[QUOTE]Originally posted by dragonman97: [QB] Some food for thought... (erm...pun mildly intended) One unfortunate problem online these days is that sites can encourage people to tune out all other ideas, and simply feed on their own egos and 'bright ideas.' Case in point: The birthers. Such people ignore real facts willfully, or treat them with disdain, as though conspiracy theories. (n.b. Someone expressed this point this better on /. earlier today...'birthers' was an apt example used. However, this serves not to plagiarize, but to summarized assorted things read over the past year.) In recent times, websites have cropped up that encourage downright unhealthy behavior or criminal activities. Do you support: Websites that act as support communities for active anorexics/bulimics, encouraging bad eating habits on the other side of the spectrum? Websites that enlist and support jihadism? Websites that encourage suicide...going so far as to provide plans and moral support? Websites that offer a marketplace for phished credit card information? ("carders") Online activity that scares / shames a gay student to kill himself? Online bullying via Facebook, et al., that has lead at least on girl to kill herself? All of the above would be identified by most as sites/activities that make bad activities seem increasingly acceptable to those who frequent them. On a far lesser scale, it's become a well documented issue that people seek their news from sites that cater to their views, tuning out 'the other side.' (i.e. WSJ readers not reading NYT and vice versa.) While I'm sure it would be deemed grievously offensive to draw an analogy between the above and fat acceptance [] sites, is it really that different? A well written blog (disclosure: that's an assumption, I haven't seen it) can win over a great many people, and cause many facts to be swept under the carpet, leaving the new facts to carry more weight, and be told loudly. [] (a concept I'd never heard of before, I might add) At the end of the day, I strongly encourage anyone to ask their doctor about appropriate medical and dietary decisions. Most well qualified doctors can generally state what a 'target weight' should be, and any concerns that may pertain to current conditions, or diet risks/plans. P.S. I was walking on the High Line last night, clearing my head a little, and a very un-PC thought hit me, especially after seeing this thread. When I saw the /one/ and only /one/ rather large person up there, I immediately thought 'tourist.' If that's not normal, why did it play out that way? Why only one? [/QB][/QUOTE]