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Originally Posted by rubicon
The OP posted some statical data published recently. I had read a similar report. It is not negative but factual. Perhaps with some life changes people can do some things to improve or stall the inevitable.
It is puzzling to me to read posters view this report as being negative.
It has been my view that we should acknowledge reality and deal with it instead of ignoring it and having it work against us.
There is much written about the benefits of negative thinking... Essentially negative thinking in this sense means considering the consequences and debating that point to advance your position. One great leader who dealt favorably with such usage was Abraham Lincoln.
Finally the comments made concerning the OP were not only unkind they were not factually incorrect. As I recollect this OP posted several recipes that had many members very engaged. How much more positive can one be?
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Rubicon, we don't often agree but this time I agree with what you have said. I would just add this: Those who were complaining about negativity, were simply projecting their own negativity onto the OP. It was like they were saying, "how dare you bring these facts to our attention, don't you know we prefer to have our heads buried in the sand?"
As a society, we can't take corrective action if we don't know what the problem is. Step one is knowing what the problem is today, step two is making reasonable projections into the future, if no changes are made, and step 3 might be a discussion of possible corrective actions.
This is exactly what this board was designed for and this thread represents the first two positive steps above. However, when anti-health-people come to a thread like this, with negativity in their hearts, all they are going to see is negativity.
Perhaps they know instinctively that the solution is going to involve living a healthier lifestyle and they have long ago rejected any such solution.