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  • Robert the Bruce of the Crusade issue

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    Posted to XX Factor by Independence on August 11, 2008

  • Personal responsibility, people?

    This article was among the bigger loads of hogwash I've ever read. Genetics plays ''more'' of a role in obesity than behavior and diet? Bull. Travel some. Go to Asia. Maybe the Mediterranean. People are thin there. There simply aren't chubby children scarfing down Happy Meals everywhere you look (like there are here). But Asian and ...
    Posted to Green Room by ENH on July 11, 2008

  • Regarding the Wall-E article...

    ''Wall-E tells us that if we don't change the way we live, we'll all get really fat and destroy the world.'' You'll find no bigger supporter of the first amendment than me. However, I think the statement above, quoted from the article is a little biased. To me, it sounds like someone who is just looking for a reason to look down on ...
    Posted to Green Room by CWickham on July 11, 2008

  • Are you crazy?

    ''But there's little evidence that overeating causes obesity on an individual level and no real reason to think that anyone can lose a lot of weight by dieting.'' Wow... That was, well...stupid. So, there's no evidence that our lifestyles are the cause of weight gain. The follow-up sentence was even more intelligent. That children who watch TV ...
    Posted to Green Room by Xnegd on July 11, 2008

  • Just shows how egocentric humans are

    I saw Wall - E with my kids the first weekend it came out. Sure, the sub-plot of what humans had done to the planet was a little bang-a-pot-over-the-head obvious, however, in my opinion, the real story was between the robots. If you read any science fiction at all, you will know that these kinds of stories regarding the downfall of humankind, and ...
    Posted to Green Room by geminitwin on July 11, 2008