Re: Subject: Dr. Seuss's view of recent events.

[Guest guest]

Your little poem is offensive and racist.

Sheryle

[Guest guest]

Theodore Suess Geisel, author of the Dr Suess books, died 9/24/1991,

ten years ago tomorrow. He did not write that junk nor would he have

endorsed its offensive contents.

in Seattle

> Every U down in Uville liked U.S. a lot,

[Guest guest]

I did not see that in the little poem which was sent to me ... could

you elaborate?

In duodenalswitch@y..., red103529@a... wrote:

> Your little poem is offensive and racist.

> Sheryle

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[Guest guest]

Whoa?! What is it that I've missed? I guess there must be

implications that go beyond the average person's comprehension. Had I

even thought it was anything but cute, I would not have posted it

. And I am aware that the real Dr. Seuss died...I am not as

informed as you are about the details but thanks. Kathy

In duodenalswitch@y..., marym@d... wrote:

> Theodore Suess Geisel, author of the Dr Suess books, died 9/24/1991,

> ten years ago tomorrow. He did not write that junk nor would he

have

> endorsed its offensive contents.

>

> in Seattle

>

>

> > Every U down in Uville liked U.S. a lot,

[Guest guest]

I enjoyed it. There isn't anything racist about it. Some people just

sit around waiting to be " offended " .

> > Your little poem is offensive and racist.

> > Sheryle

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much...I am almost afraid to post some days as I've been

" attacked " so to speak, twice. I am a lot of things but a racist is

not one of them...please enjoy the following:

The following is from a letter by a passenger on her

return flight to D.C. this week. This was the first

day the airlines resumed their flights.

" I just wanted to drop you all a note and let you know

that I arrived safe and sound into Dulles Airport

tonight [9/15] at about 6:00. It was an interesting

flight. The airport in Denver was almost spooky,

it was so empty and quiet. No one was in line for the

security check point when I got there so that went

fairly quickly, just x-ray of my bags and then a

chemical test to be sure nothing explosive was on

them. Then I waited 2 1/2 hours to board the plane.

What happened after we boarded was interesting and

thought I would share it. The pilot/captain came

on the loud speaker after the doors were closed.

His speech went something like this:

First I want to thank you for being brave enough to

fly today.

The doors are now closed and we have no help from the

outside for any problems that might occur inside this

plane.

As you could tell when you checked in, the government

has made some changes to increase security in the

airports. They have not, however, made any rules

about what happens after those doors close. Until

they do that, we have made our own rules and I want

to share them with you. Once those doors close, we

only have each other.

The security has taken care of a threat like guns

with all of the increased scanning, etc. Then we

have the supposed bomb. If you have a bomb, there

is no need to tell me about it, or anyone else on

this plane; you are already in control. So, for this

flight, there are no bombs that exist on this plane.

Now, the threats that are left are things like

plastics, wood, knives, and other weapons that can

be made or things like that which can be used as

weapons.

Here is our plan and our rules. If someone or

several people stand up and say they are hijacking

this plane, I want you all to stand up together.

Then take whatever you have available to you and

throw it at them. Throw it at their faces and heads

so they will have to raise their hands to,protect

themselves. The very best protection you have against

knives are the pillows and blankets. Whoever is

close to these people should then try to get a

blanket over their head--then they won't be able to

see.

Once that is done, get them down and keep them there.

Do not let them up. I will then land the plane at the

closest place and we WILL take care of them. After

all, there are usually only a few of them and we are

200+ strong!

We will not allow them to take over this plane. I

find it interesting that the US Constitution begins

with the words " We, the people " --that's who we are,

THE people and we will not be defeated.

With that, the passengers on the plane all began to

applaud, people had tears in their eyes, and we began

the trip toward the runway.

The flight attendant then began the safety speech.

One of the things she said is that we are all so

busy and live our lives at such a fast pace. She

asked that everyone turn to their neighbors on

either side and introduce themselves, tell each

other something about your families and children,

show pictures, whatever. She said " for today, we

consider you family. We will treat you as such

and ask that you do the same with us. "

Throughout the flight we learned that for the crew,

this was their first flight since Tuesday's

tragedies.

It was a day that everyone leaned on each other and

together everyone was stronger than any one person

alone. It was quite an experience.

You can imagine the feeling when that plane touched

down at Dulles and we heard " welcome to Washington

Dulles Airport, where the local time is 5:40 " .

Again, the cabin was filled with applause.

Last night I saw a program with college students

where one of them said that at their campus there

are no more hyphenated titles, i.e., African-American,

etc., everyone is just an American.

No one will ever be able to take that pride away from us. "

> > > Your little poem is offensive and racist.

> > > Sheryle

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[Guest guest]

Can we please direct any further discussion of this topic to private

email? Political discussions are not allowed on the list as a primary

topic. I ask this respectfully, so that we can keep the list focused on

its charter: support and information for the duodenal switch procedure.

Thank you!

M.

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Starting weight 299, now 156

Starting BMI 49.7, now 26.0

Starting size 26/28, now 10/12

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[Guest guest]

DNR, DAMMIT.

MELANIE ASKED NICELY.. NOW I'M ANNOYED.. IN FACT, I'M TOTALLY PISSED

THAT YOU POSTED THIS DESPITE MELANIE'S REQUEST TO DROP IT. YOU WERE

WRONG TO DO SO, AND APOLOGIZING AFTER THE FACT CHANGES NOTHING.

you wanna claim you know what racism is, go to the link that is often

at the top of our groups (the ad) and take the tests. quit debating

it here.

Sheesh. DNR, already (dnr, fyi, means do not rescusitate.)

Liane