Sorry, I don’t think that shaming people into a better lifestyle for their health and for Society’s health is necessarily a bad thing. Gluttony is a sin, is it not?
Gluttony is one of the many sins and we're all sinners...even the non-smokers and the non-fat folks. I believe there's some virtue in the old maxim: Mind your own business.
What are your thoughts on that?
Not everyone who is large is a glutton. People who take certain kinds of medications, like steroids for autoimmune disorders, or even certain kinds of cancer treatments, can end up looking fat. Can you tell by looking at someone whether they are obese from overeating or instead from some physical ailment? How it feel for you to be judged as a "pig" by people who don't even know you, when you were really suffering from an illness? Granted, it is a small percentage of overweight people who are in this position, but you never know.
I have a relative who is big and believe me, they get discriminated against. She eats less than most people I know. Also, I remember once complimenting a man I worked with who had formerly been heavy on his obvious success in losing the pounds. It turned out he had osteosarcoma and that was why he was getting skinny; he was dead in a few months. It was I who ended up feeling ashamed. Things are not always as they appear. There but for the grace of God go any of us.
Ah, a Conservative Socialist. Sounds like a party you and your dweeby ilk can get behind.
So, who are you to wave your finger?
I’m sure you have NO habits that could be considered “unhealthy” or annoying.
It must be nice to be perfect.
Freedom of choice includes the freedom to make bad choices. You have NO right to tell anyone other than yourself and your children what to do. By using the state to enforce your *feelings* about some action that presents you and yours no danger is the ultimate in leftist thought.
I’m an adult. My parents raised me as best they could, and I now make all my own decisions, and have for over 30 years. I certainly don’t need some busybody telling me what I should and should not consume.
Oh, and I am not a smoker, not that it’s any of your concern.