A few days back I posted a question about the difference between coughing at a smoker, and gagging at an obese person. Yes both are impolite, people have feelings, blah, blah, blah.
My question was more of a comment on political correctness. Both are rude, and we live in a country were you can say and do whatever you want, as long as it doesn't impede on the rights of others. If you want to smoke, you should be able to smoke, if you want to eat yourself to death, you have that right too. But lets not pretend that one is better then the other. Really, do you think that the number of people who suffer from these "conditions" that cause obesety is all that significant? Instead of making excuses, more people should own up to there faults. I am overweight, I admit it. And, I used to smoke. I am not blaming anyone. It's funny, though. When I told people that I quit smoking, they congratulated me. When I started my diet, They all told me that I wasn't overweight, or not to "take it too far". I am 5'8, 195lbs. Anorexia isn't even an issue. No one even thought of the health risks that attributed my being overweight, but everyone thought of the potential of me starving myself to death. We can point at people like Lindsey Lohen and comment on how unhealthy she is, but not at Wynona Judd. Why all of this empathy towards obesity?
Again, this is not a jab at anyone, this is a social commentary. Why is our society so fat-sensitive?
2006-06-23
06:33:48
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