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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 09:04 AM Original message |
What do DUers think about eating contests? Freedom or gluttony? |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. Both. |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 05:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. Good answer (nt) |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 05:45 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Frankly, folks, I don't give a SH**! Because that's what eating turns |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. That's a valid thought |
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Shipwack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
3. Well, they're both, actually... |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
4. I just think they're stupid |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 09:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Doncha know? 'Tis the MANLY, PATRIOTIC thing to do! |
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Clara T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
5. Gluttony |
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Strathos (713 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
6. If those people are having fun and not hurting or torturing anyone |
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jilln (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 10:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. The turkeys were tortured |
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Strathos (713 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 04:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. That's the reson most turkeys are on this earth |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
7. The freedom to be a glutton |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
8. Stupidity. |
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Dudley_DUright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 09:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. This was the topic of CSI: Las Vegas last night |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 09:42 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Takeru Kobayashi |
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Vogon_Glory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 10:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I Watched CSI: Las Vegas Too, And I Was |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
9. I am really wondering what message/image this is broadcasting.. |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 09:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Of course this could be a good thing |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 09:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. The "message" is that Americans are a bunch of unthinking gluttons, |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 09:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Yeah I knew that. |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
10. Gluttony, stupidity, and, yes, their freedom. |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
18. Freedom to be a glutton |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 10:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Not my point. Point being, what message is this sending worldwide.. |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
20. It's entertainment, nothing more, nothing less |
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sbj405 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
21. I wonder that the 13 M children in THIS country that are hungry think. |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
22. Ummmm....freedom AND gluttony. |
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Rufus T. Firefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
23. Freedom. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
24. Disgusting, is what I call them. |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
26. Freedom means you can buy all the stupidity and mockery that money |
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Crankie Avalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
27. Are we and Japan the only countries that do this sort of thing? |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
28. Eating contests are the epitome of what America means today |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:47 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. So true n/t |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
29. I wonder if we can educate our way out of this sort of thing. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
30. pretty symbolic of "western excess.." but, whatever... |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
32. guess everyones gotta have a hobby n/t |
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LiberalPersona (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
33. America isn't |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-25-05 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
37. I find such contests appalling, insensitive, and culpable. |
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