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Maybe so, but the person slightly above “average” in size can hardly ever find attrative clothes in these places catering to the malnourished and emaciated. One is often more likely to find the Holy Grail than a decent shoe above a size 12 in many of these places.

This is a very disingenuous statement. It's akin to a disgustingly overweight girl trying to substantiate herself by saying men prefer a 'voluptuous' woman rather than she put the chicken wings down and exercise.
When one's flab has flab it is no longer "average". What it is though is obese folks coming up with an excuse to try and get society to conform and accept a mostly lazy, gluttonous lifestyle.
In their desperate, skewed reasoning they think it's a fault in others, certainly not themselves, that fat folks aren't thought of in the same way as one with an athletic, slender body or even one with an actual 'average' physique.

As for home assoc's, my neighborhood has one. I am not being forced to live here, and to tell you the truth I do find it has more pros than cons.
Folks err when thinking it's an affront to one's liberty. It is actually liberty in action - a group of people asserting their choice to live within certain, agreed upon restrictions.

As for the Bush WH inspecting sewage for a link to dopers eating habits - Fred sounds like a discontented and miserable man who goes to any length, no matter how absurd, in trying to rationalize himself to others.

serious question are you being sarcastic with every word you write in post 21? If not maybe america is not the best place for you to be living i hear north korea is nice this time of year and there are tens of millions of people living within certain agreed upon restrictions(Although for some reason that number isshrinking more and more every day)check out michelle malkins hot air blog to see what those are and as an added bonus there are no fat people whatso ever in all of north korea to offend your eyes. the strong central government makes sure of that

I know women who wear plus-sized clothes who are drop-dead gorgeous. A lot of them aren't "fat" per se, just tall, broad shouldered amazon-types who look damn good in a bikini. People have gotten bigger over the years, so what once was considered an "obese" height/ weight ratio could now be merely a big-boned or muscular woman.