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| Fritz Wuehler... |
 Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:58 pm |
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/19/nz_fat_ban/
The wife of a British man who moved out to New Zealand in
September will have to shed a few pounds if she wants to join
him after the authorities ruled her too fat to enter the country.
According to the Telegraph, rugby-playing Welshman Richie
Trezise, 35, was himself initially turned down for a skills visa
after his body mass index (BMI) was clocked at 42, or "morbidly
obese". The powers that be apparently don't much care for
fatties who might be a burden on the health system.
The former soldier, a submarine cable specialist recruited to
supervise the Southern Cross Cable which links NZ, Oz and the US
west coast, duly lost two inches round the waist, and jetted off
to his new life. His missus, however, is still in Blighty, and
Trezise admitted that if she wasn't allowed in by Xmas he might
reconsider his decision to emigrate.
Trezise told the Telegraph: "My doctor laughed at me. He said
he'd never seen anything more ridiculous in his whole life. He
said not every overweight person is unhealthy or unfit."
Robyn Toomath, a spokeswoman for Fight the Obesity Epidemic,
described the BMI limit as "valid in the vast majority of
people", while stressing her opposition to "obese people being
stigmatised".
She added: "However, the immigration department's focus is
different. It cannot afford to import people into the country
who are going to be a significant drain on our health resources.
You can see the logic in assessing if there is a significant
health cost associated with this individual and that would be a
reason for them not coming in."
Trezise has private health insurance and his employer Telecom
runs a gym membership scheme, the Telegraph notes. ® |
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| Ethel Snodgrass... |
| Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:38 pm |
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On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:58:22 +0200, Fritz Wuehler
<fritz at (no spam) spamexpire-200910.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> wrote:
[quote]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/19/nz_fat_ban/
The wife of a British man who moved out to New Zealand in
She added: "However, the immigration department's focus is
different. It cannot afford to import people into the country
who are going to be a significant drain on our health resources.
You can see the logic in assessing if there is a significant
health cost associated with this individual and that would be a
reason for them not coming in."
Trezise has private health insurance and his employer Telecom
runs a gym membership scheme, the Telegraph notes. ®
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It is very appropriate that the government of NZ and other nations
should deny immigration of the very obese so as to guard against the
likelihood of them becoming a heath burden on the countries tax
payers. By the same token applicants with mental stability problems
should also be denied entry.
Ethel Snodgrass |
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| Jeremy... |
| Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:53 pm |
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On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:38:36 -0700, Ethel Snodgrass <ethel at (no spam) nospam.com>
wrote:
[quote]On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:58:22 +0200, Fritz Wuehler
fritz at (no spam) spamexpire-200910.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/19/nz_fat_ban/
The wife of a British man who moved out to New Zealand in
She added: "However, the immigration department's focus is
different. It cannot afford to import people into the country
who are going to be a significant drain on our health resources.
You can see the logic in assessing if there is a significant
health cost associated with this individual and that would be a
reason for them not coming in."
Trezise has private health insurance and his employer Telecom
runs a gym membership scheme, the Telegraph notes. ®
It is very appropriate that the government of NZ and other nations
should deny immigration of the very obese so as to guard against the
likelihood of them becoming a heath burden on the countries tax
payers. By the same token applicants with mental stability problems
should also be denied entry.
Ethel Snodgrass
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An astute observation.
But did you have any reason to believe that Blobbi might be desiring
to immigrate to New Zealand.? If so it looks as though she would be
denied entry for two reasons.
Jeremy |
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| Doug Freyburger... |
| Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:08 am |
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Ethel Snodgrass wrote:
[quote](cross posted nonsense)
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Here's a new line in the global section of my filter file:
!kill Xref "soc.support.fat-acceptance"
I thought about adding it to the alt.support.diet.low-carb and
alt.support.diet sections but the more I thought about it the more
I recalled that any message I've ever read that was cross posted
to SSFA was a troll post. If I were to subscribe to SSFA I would
switch the filter line to non-global.
So what sort of filter lines do other folks use to make the group
appear more on topic? |
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| Wildhare... |
| Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:04 am |
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On Oct 19, 11:38 pm, Ethel Snodgrass <et... at (no spam) nospam.com> wrote:
[quote]On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:58:22 +0200, Fritz Wuehler
fr... at (no spam) spamexpire-200910.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/19/nz_fat_ban/
The wife of a British man who moved out to New Zealand in
She added: "However, the immigration department's focus is
different. It cannot afford to import people into the country
who are going to be a significant drain on our health resources.
You can see the logic in assessing if there is a significant
health cost associated with this individual and that would be a
reason for them not coming in."
Trezise has private health insurance and his employer Telecom
runs a gym membership scheme, the Telegraph notes. ®
It is very appropriate that the government of NZ and other nations
should deny immigration of the very obese so as to guard against the
likelihood of them becoming a heath burden on the countries tax
payers. By the same token applicants with mental stability problems
should also be denied entry.
Ethel Snodgrass
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Chirst this is old news.
W. |
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