Obese blamed for the world's ills
- Thread starter Praxius
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I think the article is just seeking some group to blame, along with the bio-fuels and everything else.
Due to their body mass they put a hamper on public tansportations fuel? So does some skinny college boy with a giant bookbag full of books.... talk about nit picking.
Frig, we've had plenty of fat people in our societies for quite some time now, what do they suggest be done? Force people to only eat a certain amount or a certain type of food each day and have to meet the dictated weight of everybody else?
Who's the ideal weight? What about height to weight?
Is a short fat Asian the same as a tall fat Irishman? Exactly who's standards are we all supposed to go by?
Then if we do go by some standard that we're forced to meet, won't that cause more mental illnesses and such like people being subjected to what's attractive and what's not.... who's normal and who's not? People always trying to watch what they eat, now not just because society deems that attractive or not.... but also now to "Save the World?"
People need to get over it.... that's capitalism and freedom for you. If you got the money and you're hungry, you're going to eat. Why should I have to reduce what I eat on a daily basis just because some poor schmuck in some other country can't afford it or because some guy down the road doesn't know when to stop? Shall we socialize capitalism? Can that even be done?
You know, If I dug really long and hard, I could probably blame all the world's problems on space monkey's from Mars.
Due to their body mass they put a hamper on public tansportations fuel? So does some skinny college boy with a giant bookbag full of books.... talk about nit picking.
Frig, we've had plenty of fat people in our societies for quite some time now, what do they suggest be done? Force people to only eat a certain amount or a certain type of food each day and have to meet the dictated weight of everybody else?
Who's the ideal weight? What about height to weight?
Is a short fat Asian the same as a tall fat Irishman? Exactly who's standards are we all supposed to go by?
Then if we do go by some standard that we're forced to meet, won't that cause more mental illnesses and such like people being subjected to what's attractive and what's not.... who's normal and who's not? People always trying to watch what they eat, now not just because society deems that attractive or not.... but also now to "Save the World?"
People need to get over it.... that's capitalism and freedom for you. If you got the money and you're hungry, you're going to eat. Why should I have to reduce what I eat on a daily basis just because some poor schmuck in some other country can't afford it or because some guy down the road doesn't know when to stop? Shall we socialize capitalism? Can that even be done?
You know, If I dug really long and hard, I could probably blame all the world's problems on space monkey's from Mars.
You're right about the "blame-game" as the impetus behind this and many other articles currently clouding the landscape. "Environmentalism driving the cost of food higher because ethanol is evil..." etc.
As long as people have someone to point a finger at...they can ignore their own stupidity.
As long as people have someone to point a finger at...they can ignore their own stupidity.
You know what occurred to me? For what an obese person uses up in extra resources and calories, they save in not driving back and forth to a gym, running for endless hours on a treadmill (think of the power drain there!), drinking stupid slim quik stuff, and buying dozens of petroleum laden stretchy outfits and foam mats. :lol:.
