Plagiarism

[Turtle]

I got caught up in trying to make sure there was no double negative and over compensated.

I remember once in high school English class the teacher was talking about double negatives. Said something about how a positive and a negative equals a negative, and two negatives equal a positive, but that two positives never equal a negative.


I just looked at her and said, "Yeah, right."

 

[dieseldiva]

In keeping with the spirit of discrimination that some here have, maybe we can try something like this next:


Bill would make it illegal to feed the obese

Three legislators want to make it illegal for restaurants to serve obese customers in Mississippi.
House Bill No. 282, which was introduced this month, says: Any food establishment to which this section applies shall not be allowed to serve food to any person who is obese, based on criteria prescribed by the State Department of Health after consultation with the Mississippi Council on Obesity Prevention and Management established under Section 41-101-1 or its successor. The State Department of Health shall prepare written materials that describe and explain the criteria for determining whether a person is obese, and shall provide those materials to all food establishments to which this section applies. A food establishment shall be entitled to rely on the criteria for obesity in those written materials when determining whether or not it is allowed to serve food to any person.
The proposal would allow health inspectors to yank the permit from any restaurant that "repeatedly" feeds extremely overweight customers.
The bill, written by GOP Rep. W. T. Mayhall Jr., was referred to the Judiciary and Public Health committees, but The Jackson Free Press doesn't expect it to garner much support in the statehouse.
About two-third of Mississippians are considered overweight or obese, according to a recent analysis of federal health data.

 

[cheri1122]

How very apropos - in the spirit of the original subject of plagiarism, from what source did you copy this nugget of brilliant thinking?

 

[Turtle]

About two-third of Mississippians are considered overweight or obese, according to a recent analysis of federal health data.

That's because a large number of people in Mississippi are on public assistance, and therefore must choose cheap food to eat. In most cases, the cheapest food is the highly processed foods containing refined white sugar and refined white flour that contain an overabundance of carbs. Excess carbs wreck havoc with the blood sugar levels and the body's metabolism, especially when ingested over long periods of time, like years. Excess carbs are quickly converted and stored in the body as fat.

The epidemic of Type II diabetes and obesity is a direct result of the Food Pyramid that is heavily weighted in grains (the stuff that makes cows fat) and breads, and was devised and distributed by the US Department of Agriculture.

 

[dieseldiva]

How very apropos - in the spirit of the original subject of plagiarism, from what source did you copy this nugget of brilliant thinking?

That would be USA Today found here:
Bill would make it illegal to feed the obese - On Deadline - USATODAY.com

I would have tried to claim it as my own but thought I might be hard pressed to convince that I drew that map myself!!

 

[greg334]

After a hard day fighting the traffic, I come to read this.... and it is tooooo funny.

I just want to point out a couple quick things for all of you to gnaw on - English changes every day, you have to live with the butchering of it and can't change progress.