madison2000
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Fri Jan-28-05 07:39 PM
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Poll question: Would you take human growth homone if you were a short teenager? |
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or allow your child to take it?
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Fri Jan-28-05 07:42 PM
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It's a contraversial treatment because there is no real evidence that it actually does any good.
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madison2000
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Fri Jan-28-05 07:43 PM
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2. adolescents treated with it do improve their rate of growth |
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Fri Jan-28-05 08:09 PM
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6. Rate of growth does increase, but there is no.. |
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evidence to show that they end up any taller than they would have without hormone injections.
With that in mind, I think it's better and safer to let nature take its course. Short stature isn't a disease, provided all nutritional needs are being met.
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Fri Jan-28-05 07:43 PM
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3. totally. if doctor recommends |
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Fri Jan-28-05 08:04 PM
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4. No. We're born a certain way |
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we should keep what we get.
BTW, I am only 5 feet, three inches tall and I like the way I am.
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Fri Jan-28-05 08:08 PM
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I think for extremely short people for whom it's proven that they lack adequate growth hormone, sure.
But unfortunately, it's being given to kids who are just on the short side. I saw a tv program a few months ago where a 15 year old boy who was 5'3" or 5'4" was getting the treatment. Even if he maxed out at that height, it's not a handicap.
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Fri Jan-28-05 08:14 PM
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7. Being a short person... |
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... I would advise against being short if it can be avoided.
Do you have blue eyes? or Brown eyes? Or red hair? Is there a song calling for your death because of that trait?
Well...
Short People
Randy Newman
Short People got no reason Short People got no reason Short People got no reason To live.
They got little hands And little eyes And they walk around Tellin' great big lies They got little noses And tiny little teeth They wear platform shoes On their nasty little feet
Well, I don't want no Short People Don't want no Short People Don't want no Short People Round here.
Short People are just the same As you and I (A fool such as I) All men are brothers Until the day they die (It's a wonderful world)
Short People got nobody Short People got nobody Short People got nobody To love.
They got little baby legs And they stand so low You got to pick 'em up Just to say hello They got little cars That go beep, beep, beep They got little voices Goin' peep, peep, peep They got grubby little fingers And dirty little minds They're gonna get you every time
Well, I don't want no Short People Don't want no Short People Don't want no Short People 'Round here.
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Fri Jan-28-05 08:17 PM
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8. do you consider a silly 70s song to be a social imperative? |
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have you never heard of irony?
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Fri Jan-28-05 08:19 PM
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...and replace "short people" with "black people" and see if it still sound innocent to you.
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Fri Jan-28-05 08:23 PM
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10. the whole song is written about short people- doesn't rewrite |
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but the real point is that the song is meant to be ironic, not that its "innocent". I had a "short" roommate who was incensed by the song. But its making fun of discrimination, not of short people.
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Fri Jan-28-05 08:35 PM
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12. And you are NOT short. Right? |
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It's easy to dismiss derision of some OTHER minority; a minority we are not personally a member of.
What you are saying, in effect, is that the song is OK as long as it mocks short people even though it would be offensive if it mocked black people? It doesn't matter which group it mocks. It's still wrong, and still a good indication of the way short people are generally treated by non-short people. The song angered me because it so accurately reflected the treatement I actually received on a daily basis from others. Don't tell me that I'm supposed to ignore being ridiculed just because that ridicule was meant to be "ironic". It still felt very much like ridicule to me. Personally. And I took it very personally.
Here's ironic: There was only one kid in my high school class shorter than me. One summer he was given growth hormones and came back to school in the spring at normal height, and proceeded to join all the others in ridiculing short people. You'd think he, of all people, would know how it felt. But no. He wasn't short any more, so he could join in the fun and ridicule the squirts and shrimps and shorties. What fun!
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Fri Jan-28-05 08:44 PM
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14. No, I honestly don't think the song is mocking short people |
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Its mocking people who discriminate by showing how ridiculous the reasons are.
Randy Newman is a wonderful creative songwriter. He's fat. Don't tell me he doesn't know how it feels to be discriminated against. I can't believe he meant the song to be taken literally.
The song is not to be taken at face value- it is making fun of people who discriminate on the basis of external characteristics.
That's the subtext, the meaning of this song.
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Fri Jan-28-05 08:25 PM
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I do not accept "we were born this way" - but then again that's my philosophy. I don't think that answer is for everyone
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Fri Jan-28-05 08:38 PM
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13. Acromegaly is a pituitary gland disorder |
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where the growth hormone is overexcreted.The people don't get taller, just bigger. They look like circus freaks. They end up having surgery through their nose into their brain to the pituitary gland to fix it. Not good. Can't be good for you, sorry.
Yeah, it sucks to be short. just like it sucks to be fat, learning disabled, have acne, etc. We all have our crosses. You are worth more than your appearance, height, weight, IQ, whatever....
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