First, yes, eat that damn bird! If you don't, I will...
Regarding the discussion on PM, lets look at what we hope to achieve, hunger aside. We want to add as much lean tissue as possible without compromising health and be able to retain that muscle at showtime.
What if you are eating like a horse, and not getting fat, but not gaining significant muscle either? You have to push yourself outside of your comfort zone. I do not know many people who have gone through their lives living in the comfort zone (in anything) and have achieved greatness.
You have to eat to put yourself into a position that when you diet down to your weight class you are going to be cramming as much lean mass on your frame as possible. This might take some force feeding, but just because you are force feeding does not mean your will immediately have detrimental health effects or turn into a lard ass. That takes time... A period of force feeding to break a plateau is often needed to take your body to the next level.
Yeah, I am new to this sport as a competitor but understand that life is about taking calculated risks. Sometimes it takes something a little off the deep end to get you from Point A to Point B.
Side Note - One thing I've seen on this board that I really like is that people tend to actually read a post and consider the view and debate it intelligently without making it personal.