Can Blaming People for Being Fat Help Curb Obesity?

US News and World Report ^ | May 22, 2008 | Katherine Hobson

[GOP_Lady]

That’s it! I’ll have four instead of one.

[Mr. Mojo]

Spot-on zinger.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

In case you’re interested...

[GOP_Lady]

Hey, as long as they don’t pick on Twiggy types (like me), it’s groovy and I’m cool with that. :-)

[Eric Blair 2084]

The NRA is well organized and have an answer for every stupid liberal argument, God bless them. They are a shining beacon to demonstrate exactly how to fight simplistic retarded feel good legislation.

Unfortunately, the oil, food and alcohol companies are falling right in line behind the tobacco companies in trying to appease liberals hoping they will get what they want and go away. They’re the next ones to go over the cliff.

They’ll learn their lesson the hard way.

[GOP_Lady]

Thanks for inviting the great and gracious and eloquent Madame. :-)

[thulldud]

Even Rosie O’donnell balked at that, exclaimning; “Did you ever see the size of my a*s?”

File under "Mental images I could have done without."

OTOH, we may have just found a use for the Sunday New York Times.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

You can express disgust, contempt or anything else you want, that’s perfectly fine, but it rarely stops there.

[freedomfiter2]

Smoking used to be cool — obesity has always been stigmatized. Some people eat “comfort food” to make up for feelings of rejection — more stigmatization will only make matters worse.

In most cultures including America (at least for men) being fat was a sign of prosperity.

[Lizavetta]

[GOP_Lady]

Indeed. When I encounter something that I find “disgusting,” I simply avoid it and don’t put myself into the situation again. Funny, it works all the time, and I get what I want sooner.

[oswegodeee]

Ah! But during the Roman Period and even into the early 19th Century a full figure or more was considered to be a sign of wealth and well being.

When I was a child I was extremely active, they should have diagnosed me with HADD. My Grandparents used to tell me I was too skinny, which made me feel a bit inferior. then in the sixties when Twiggy and and the new designers came into power, I fit right in.. Still I was told by my folks that I was too skinny and that I should eat. Heck I could put away a quart of ice cream and by morning I would have lost at least 1 pound. Go figure.

Leave people alone is my view, I look on the inside not on the outside.

[TheWasteLand]

He can pry that burger from my plump greasy hands.

[processing please hold]

Fat people are harder to kidnap. We have that on our side, also, we’re not going hungry.

[ConservaTexan]

If only there were more shame in being fat, maybe more people would be motivated to lose weight.

I nominate Little Richard Simmons to handle the problem.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Indeed. When I encounter something that I find “disgusting,” I simply avoid it and don’t put myself into the situation again. Funny, it works all the time, and I get what I want sooner.

It would appear you are one of the rare people who aren't interested in forcing your view of the world on others, a desirable trait.

Uncommon, but very admirable.

[Mr. Mojo]

Twiggy was hot back in the day. (Haven’t seen a pic of her since the ‘70s).

As far as the ultra-thin go, pick out almost any Ann Coulter thread — “Hey Ann, eat a friggen steak, would ya?”

For the record, I don’t have a problem with anyone stigmatizing anyone for anything. ....including AC for being a beanpole. Just as long as they don’t cry to the gov’t to do something about it.

[Eric Blair 2084]

[GOP_Lady]

Ahhh (dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah). . . YES! It's already happening. People have been conditioned and are talking about it openly and how we shouldn't eat as much. You know it, we hear it all the time.

[The Ghost of Rudy McRomney]

Ummm....Bill....ever stop to think the reason you don’t see it much anymore is because you are a criminal if you do it anywhere? That gives the false impression that hardly anyone smokes. My guess is it’s different in different areas and states, but I’d say about 30 per cent of the U.S. still smokes. The Nazis, of course, claim far less.