Why is it now in England that if you smoke you are seen as the antichrist? What gives people the right to come up to us and tell us that we are killing ourselves? If someone went upto one of the mutitude of fat people that are everywhere and said 'hey, don't you know being obese kills?' That is seen as rude but saying the same to smokers is?
It's the same concept, and anyone who will say 'well, being fat doesn't kill others like smokers' think again. How many times have you seen the large family go into McDonalds and eat half the stock? Seven year olds feasting on the big tasty large meal. They are being taught bad nutrition which could end up with them dying at a young age. It's just as bad as smoking yet one is more vilified then the other. Why is this?
2007-03-11 05:22:16 · 8 answers · asked by Secret Cola Ninja 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
To the people who replied being fat doesn't affect other people's health read my question fully there is more at the bottom.
And another way it does is that it takes away money from the NHS. My neighbour had a wheelchair and a bungalow house from the Goverment for being obese. What message is this giving to others?
You're telling me that the NHS doesn't spends thousands of £'s on fat people? It does for smokers, i know, but one is seen as the worst vice, while the other is seen as almost acceptable in todays society.
2007-03-11 05:31:10 · update #1
Well to DBK,
The same could be said about pollution from cars. I don't drive, many do and they are contributing to global warming and damaging others health. I don't call for all cars to be banned though i am sure they are causing more problems to people's health then smoking.
The fat family are passing on the bad influence. Now magazines focus on fat celbrities as points of beauty ( and i'm not saying that is wrong) but before the fatties was the skinnies. And then everyone was up in arms about them, saying they are damaging teenagers health. The same could be said for these fat celbrities, no?
2007-03-11 05:40:28 · update #2
And to :)
Your reply was unsubstantial and irrelevant.
Good for you, don't expect sympathy when they take you away to a fat camp as a new goverment plot.
2007-03-11 05:49:27 · update #3
to :)
I am not heated, i just think it is unfair that smokers are being brought down under the 'it harms other' umbrella, whilst fat people are allowed to roam free under the guise that it doesn't harm anyone other then there selves when it does.
My local MP does not care for my petitons, nor my letters and i have acquiesce to his wish that i not bother him with such 'trivial matters'.
2007-03-11 06:11:42 · update #4
I rather be around someone fat then be around a smoker huffing and puffing their lungs away. I don't think smokers are the Antichrist because a lot of m y friends smoke. NYC banned smoking in certain places and then baned the use of trans fats. Maybe u should have a protest or start a petition. U seem really heated.
2007-03-11 05:47:20 · answer #1 · answered by : ) 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Being fat may not effect the health of others but it effects the pocket books of all of us. Health care for fat, obese people has skyrocketed and we all are picking up the tab for their uncouth, unsafe lifestyle.
More importantly, the reason why all of a sudden they are attacking smoking is because of the money...there is more money in anti-smoking now than in smoking, just like there is more money in selling fat, unsafe food to Americans than not.
2007-03-11 13:15:12 · answer #2 · answered by huckleberry1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Typical smoker's question. Smoking affects ALL others around you. Not just you. Just like your example, smoking also affects your family members. The main difference being, the overweight family isn't forcing everyone else around them to eat as much as they are. You, as the smoker, ARE forcing all those around you to smoke. You can do whatever you want with your own body, that's your right. But you don't have the right to affect other person's bodies.
2007-03-11 12:34:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Hey there, baby, I agree with you 100%! If you limit your smoking to under a pack a day, it shouldn't harm you. I can outrun non-smokers all the time. Obesity is the real thing that kills people!
2007-03-11 12:28:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
If everybody stops smoking, where would the government get its tax revenue from? Probably from fat people (no disrespect meant).
2007-03-11 12:29:25 · answer #5 · answered by scarymary 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's not equivalent. There is no such thing as secondhand obesity.
Fat-eaters injure only themselves. Smokers are self-hating losers on the way down, and if you let them foul your air with their stinking wastes they will take you down with them.
2007-03-11 12:27:30 · answer #6 · answered by fra59e 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Being fat doesn't affect the health of others...while second hand smoking does
2007-03-11 12:25:23 · answer #7 · answered by elitechicka23 1 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Because smokin effects other people aswell as ya self x
2007-03-11 12:26:36 · answer #8 · answered by lauren e 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋