Realty check - body image

[Kitsune06]

Still, you can't stop people from voicing opinions. And we all have them.

A wiseazz once said "Opinions are like azzholes, we all have them, just some stink more than others". ... sometimes people need to be more careful about the way they choose to express themselves.

Well, just to clarify my own stance on the subject a bit, for whatever that's worth:
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My only objection to implants is when women get gigantic implants that make them look deformed and bizarre- I feel the promotion of the huge deformed beachball look as an ideal sends a very unhealthy message to young men and young women...

My opinion, too. I like boobs. I do. Lots. but yeah, the cantalope-sized fake boobs you see on some chicks are very unappealing. Just enough for a hand or mouth, I think, is easily enough... and as a person into piercing/tats, body mod, etc.. people need to do what makes their appearance match their mental perceptions of themselves- in a positive and healthy way.
I was okay as a AA, and ok as an A. I'm happy as a B, and would still be ok if I lost weight again and went back to A or AA... *shrug*

[Zen]

A wiseazz once said "Opinions are like azzholes, we all have them, just some stink more than others". ... sometimes people need to be more careful about the way they choose to express themselves.

I don't think anyone directly criticized Annie. If they did, I missed it. As she herself put it-

Thanks, but don't worry! I am NOT offended. I think it was my problem that I was defensive for awhile and am now past that.


Annie

And in a situation like this you also have to consider that when you read something it may not sound the way the writer intended it. When we compose the written word we are transposing our thoughts as we "hear" them. Emphasis and inflection are lost and sometimes misunderstanding arise.