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I have to say that I see mixedmedia's point.
It's all very well to talk about willpower, but nobody is perfect. Some people can't shut their mouths before they say snide, hurtful things. Other's can't control their overeating. And the list goes on.
I think tolerance is a good thing in most situations, though I am guilty of the opposite on occasion. We all have things that push our buttons.
I don't think people who are overweight (not fat) should accept that they are that way and just leave it at that. I think that if it's affecting their health they should do something about it. When we speak of overweight, that means that a person has more body fat than is healthy.
If you are just "fat", as in you're not thin as a rake, then I think it's fine. People come in all shapes and some people aren't meant to be skinny. I don't discriminate people for being fat. And yes I feel some compassion for those people who can't lose extra weight, because of related health issues. I also have some sympathy for people who can't find it in them to stop damaging their body that way. I have less compassion for people who don't at least try.
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Whether we write or speak or do but look
We are ever unapparent. What we are
Cannot be transfused into word or book.
Our soul from us is infinitely far.
However much we give our thoughts the will
To be our soul and gesture it abroad,
Our hearts are incommunicable still.
In what we show ourselves we are ignored.
The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged
By any skill of thought or trick of seeming.
Unto our very selves we are abridged
When we would utter to our thought our being.
We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams,
And each to each other dreams of others' dreams.
Fernando Pessoa, 1918
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