Posted on 07/07/2013 6:10:03 AM PDT by Kaslin
If, for example, an airline wants to charge double for a morbidly obese person or to refuse to fly that fat person because he/she spills over into the next seat, it should be free to do so. If, for example, a business wants to refuse to hire or decides to fire a fat employee soley because of that person's obesity it shoudl be able to do so absolutely free of any government "anti discrimination" punishment.
If a person knows he or she is going to be excluded from things because he or she is fat, that person has much more motivation to LOSE WEIGHT.
I could not agree more-that stupid food pyramid never made any sense to me, or any of my family-just like every other “study” government pays for with OUR money, it was agenda-driven and totally wrong-now we are all asked to pay still more for yet another useless program.
As a slender person, used to hard, physical work, maybe I’m an unsympathetic bitch for commenting on the plight of the obese, but I AM observant, and the individual alone is responsible for their obesity.
I don’t buy that obesity is a “disease”, any more than I think addiction is-both are choices. Adults make choices, and responsible adults accept the consequences of those choices, period. If there is a problem, it is that person’s responsibility alone to seek therapy, nutritional advice, go on a diet, etc. No government should be involved in anyone’s personal behavior choices-none of them.
I may think your personal choices are stupid and even offensive, but I will still defend your right to make them-to the death if I must-and I expect you to do the same-that is what being a free person and an American means.
When you live on a farm/ranch and produce most of your own food, you learn to eat the things nature intended for humans to eat-natural food-and obesity is an aberration. I continue to eat that same way-but that is my choice and I won’t force it on anyone...
That “plate” is just as unnatural as the pyramid was-there is not enough protein there for a self-respecting raccoon-the way humans ate early on-some call it a Neolithic diet-had more meat for protein to keep the muscles and brain healthy. It makes much more sense...
Like you can lead the horse to water but not make him drink, you can encourage the fat to change their ways but not force them to do it. Positive reinforcement for those sincerely trying is a big help, even when progress is slow.
Turns out people who are mildly overwehight are healthier... should we force liberal children who are thin to eat more at school? And offer higher calorie food to kids too thin?
Amen! What a great post!
Thank you very much!
The obesity of the federal government should be the charge of the federal government, itself. But it won’t be, because they think that there is always more ‘pork’ to consume.
The fascination with, as doctors put it, morbid obesity, is a subject, idea, or a revulsion, that should be left in the care of John Q./Jane Q. Public, alone.
Those in government who want to do something about obesity could shut their big fat mouths. That’d be a good start. Maybe have weigh-ins for fat welfare and food stamp recipients...
Laughing out loud until it hurts!
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