Well this is a can of worms

I was also quote suprised by the post from ff with the comments about the pleb, as I couldn't think who she meant. I was highly suprised it was Wagtails post, if there was going to be outrage I would have expected it to be aimed at posts like mine, definitely not at Wagtail.
 
littlelegs said:
I was also quote suprised by the post from ff with the comments about the pleb, as I couldn't think who she meant. I was highly suprised it was Wagtails post, if there was going to be outrage I would have expected it to be aimed at posts like mine, definitely not at Wagtail.
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Yes, but as Ms Wild hasn't actually read the thread, only the one post of Wagtail's that was quoted on the FF Facebook page, it is rather difficult to make an informed opinion ;)

It's a shame the mini shetland thread from a while back was removed, where the 7 1/2 stone person was being told she was too big for a poor looking tiny pony... Obviously HHO is just prejudiced against the morbidly obese.
 
rhino said:
Yes, but as Ms Wild hasn't actually read the thread, only the one post of Wagtail's that was quoted on the FF Facebook page, it is rather difficult to make an informed opinion ;)

It's a shame the mini shetland thread from a while back was removed, where the 7 1/2 stone person was being told she was too big for a poor looking tiny pony... Obviously HHO is just prejudiced against the morbidly obese.
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Haha, yes, I got a temporary ban for that. :o
 
Clava said:
The US forum thread now has a link to this thread.
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It was only a matter of time, and is maybe no bad thing.

Whilst I've no wish to ridicule anyone for the way that they look, or health problems they suffer from, some of those pictured in the other thread really do need their eyes opening to the cruelty that they are inflicting. :( The horse in the bottom picture on the first page must be in so much pain :(
 
Puppy said:
It was only a matter of time, and is maybe no bad thing.

Whilst I've no wish to ridicule anyone for the way that they look, or health problems they suffer from, some of those pictured in the other thread really do need their eyes opening to the cruelty that they are inflicting. :( The horse in the bottom picture on the first page must be in so much pain :(
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It's heartbreaking. It seems to be looking at the camera and saying 'help me, please.'
 
Copperpot said:
I'm not a real woman according to FF :( now that's quite rude in itself. Some people find it hard to put on weight and are naturally skinny.
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Exactly. I was at breaking point with my illness. It was getting progessively worse. I had seven horses to care for single handedly and I could not keep any food down me until at least 2 pm. By then I was weak and shaking with low blood sugar. I would sometimes be brought to tears with the frustration of being unable to eat, and then when I could eat, of being unable to enjoy it! But this MD of Fuller Fillies has seen fit to call me a plebeian, and say that I need to throw pills down my throat in order to feel human. How nasty is that!? And all that without taking the time to read this thread and see my comments in context.
 
Wagtail said:
Exactly. I was at breaking point with my illness. It was getting progessively worse. I had seven horses to care for single handedly and I could not keep any food down me until at least 2 pm. By then I was weak and shaking with low blood sugar. I would sometimes be brought to tears with the frustration of being unable to eat, and then when I could eat, of being unable to enjoy it! But this MD of Fuller Fillies has seen fit to call me a plebeian, and say that I need to throw pills down my throat in order to feel human. How nasty is that!? And all that without taking the time to read this thread and see my comments in context.
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It is my experiance of oversenesitve people/ groups that their senestivity only extends to them selves and views they hold others are expected to have no feeling at all if they have the express views that differ to theirs.
 
OMFG :eek:

It just goes to show that if you look hard enough you can always find someone to support you no matter how mad the thing you are doing is. There's probably a forum out there for like-minded serial killers. :rolleyes:
 
Wagtail said:
Yep. I was hauled over for inappropriate use of the forum. I started a thread after this person had posted pictures of herself squishing a mini and yanking it around by the mouth.
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Good for you Wagtail!

Political correctness can be a bad thing, a fat person is a fat person, calling them 'fluffy' :confused: won't disguise the fact that they are fat, whether due to overreating or health issues.

I think the majority of people here don't have an issue with fat people, or fat people riding, but when they choose to put their excessive weight on an unsuitable animals spine then I think it is only fair that people are allowed to express their concerns for the sake of the animals involved.

Instead of catering for morbily obese riders by providing huge saddles, which I feel gives approval for them to inflict their weight on a horse, perhaps ways of enjoying horses from the ground and weight loss programmes if they definitely want to ride should be looked into.
 
I feel so so sad for that poor dancer, how can anyone say things like 'she was carrying twice as much as the others, couldn't buck, not exactly young, needed a rest after 2miles' & still get on its back? It's way beyond me how someone can be so cruel & yet pretend they care.
 
littlelegs said:
I feel so so sad for that poor dancer, how can anyone say things like 'she was carrying twice as much as the others, couldn't buck, not exactly young, needed a rest after 2miles' & still get on its back? It's way beyond me how someone can be so cruel & yet pretend they care.
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I think called being in denial.
 
I can't see why they are picking on you Wagtail???!

Personally I think if you expect a horse to be fit and to canter, jump, hunt with you etc, you owe it to the horse to be of a suitable weight and fitness level yourself.

Having been stuffing my face with junk for a few months I put on a few lbs, my horse is 16.3hh and I was nowhere near being too heavy for him, but I was unfit and rode worse for it, so decided to do something about it.

Certain medication, makes people put on weight and I feel for these people. You have to choose treating a condition with medication over being your normal weight.

I don't feel sorry for people who think its fine to be grossly overweight and ride a horse which is obviously struggling. It's wrong plain and simple however you dress it up.
 
Ah, now saying that there has to come a point where you are too heavy for a particular horse is exactly the same as being racist.

It is no different to telling a Nigerian she cannot ride because because the colour of her skin will scare the horse! I have seen a very dark skinned person spook a horse so this could be argued as being valid and a matter that needs discussion - but which court do you think that would land in?
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Written by the MD of FF, who has just updated that she is not a believer in free speech. I could never have guessed...
 
it is no different to telling a Nigerian she cannot ride because because the colour of her skin will scare the horse! I have seen a very dark skinned person spook a horse so this could be argued as being valid and a matter that needs discussion - but which court do you think that would land in?
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Oh my word...!!

:eek::eek:
 
rhino said:
Ah, now saying that there has to come a point where you are too heavy for a particular horse is exactly the same as being racist.

Written by the MD of FF, who has just updated that she is not a believer in free speech. I could never have guessed...
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LMAO! Classic. Even if that wasn't embarrassingly offensive and pretty twisted, how on earth scaring horses and squashing them amount to the same thing I have no idea.
 
Flame_ said:
OMFG :eek:

It just goes to show that if you look hard enough you can always find someone to support you no matter how mad the thing you are doing is. There's probably a forum out there for like-minded serial killers. :rolleyes:
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Umm... Al Qaeda?
 
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