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Reply Fri 3 Oct, 2003 05:19 pm
And they laid their hands upon the good things which were before them to eat . . .

Can one be impeached by his fellows for having and consuming more than others? Is the occasional holiday belly stuffer a rare and harmless treat, or is the abstemious woman most to be admired?

How do you feel about gluttony?
 
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Reply Fri 3 Oct, 2003 05:25 pm
I believe that is being human to overindulge in food, drink, sex, shopping etc. from time to time. It is the person who commits these acts as a life pattern, who is to be pitied.

I would be very leery of the perpetually abstemious woman, who prides herself in her moderation. I would suggest that such a person is either a liar or pathologically anal retentive.
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Reply Fri 3 Oct, 2003 05:26 pm
Moderation should never be employed in excess.
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Reply Fri 3 Oct, 2003 05:30 pm
A little gluttony now and then is great. Being a wastrel is another tale...
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Post: # 388,563
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Reply Fri 3 Oct, 2003 05:31 pm
You folks cannot imagine the pleasure this exercise has already afforded me, to the sound of much laughing aloud . . .

I thank you all . . .
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Post: # 388,567
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Reply Fri 3 Oct, 2003 05:33 pm
It's hard to be a glutton when you live on a shoe-string!
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Reply Fri 3 Oct, 2003 05:36 pm
Set, are you going to fire off all 7 in one go? Now that IS over-indulgence! Smile
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Post: # 388,575
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Reply Fri 3 Oct, 2003 05:39 pm
Rather a gluttonous mental exercise, if i take your meaning correctly.
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Reply Fri 3 Oct, 2003 06:21 pm
Occasional, rare and harmless.


Often, common and evil.
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Reply Fri 3 Oct, 2003 06:29 pm
A pint of Ben and Jerry's is one of the best comfort foods on the planet.
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Reply Sun 5 Oct, 2003 10:02 am
full agreement here;

is there a difference between gluttony and greed?

only if the gluttony is attributed to an occassional personal binge, which can only serve to bolster one's awareness of the benefits of restraint.
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Reply Sun 5 Oct, 2003 07:24 pm
A habit of glutonny is a form of slow suicide. You are taking away from your life little by little
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Reply Sun 5 Oct, 2003 07:29 pm
we all have our good defects and our bad defects.
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Reply Tue 7 Oct, 2003 06:51 pm
The yin/yang of eating ice cream.
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Reply Tue 7 Oct, 2003 07:32 pm
Burp.
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Reply Tue 7 Oct, 2003 07:40 pm
Ricardo_Tizon wrote:
A habit of glutonny is a form of slow suicide. You are taking away from your life little by little


So does smoking and drinking, but those aren't deadly sins. And why not, I'd like to add. I guess nine deadly sins isn't as catchy.
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Reply Tue 7 Oct, 2003 07:41 pm
Funny this thread should head the list. I just stuffed another chunk of pumpkin/pecan scone into my gluttonous gullet.
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Reply Tue 7 Oct, 2003 07:59 pm
How could you say gluttony is wrong? It's what it is, how can it be considered wrong? You can be just as gluttonous as I could breathe and it really shouldn't matter. I sustained boo boo to head playing a "sport" and now typing is hard.................
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