I tend to believe it's just not nice to make fun of someone because of their physical appearance. Nor to judge too harshly the choices that other people make.
Rat takes a bit of time here to purport his views on personal responsiblity and I agree with him for the most part. But there is also the flip side of that coin and that is the prevalence of people judging others, even people they don't know, for the choices they have made. Personally, I find that tendency more of a turn off than "political correctness" which to me is just being polite.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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