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Originally Posted by Terrell
Only if I'm unconscious or incoherent and cannot refuse. If I am conscious and coherent and say that I don't want treatment, then he has to honor my right to refuse treatment, and is liable if he does not.
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Yes, but obesity could be explained as a food addiction and as such your judgment would be impaired. Or would you not pump the stomach of someone addicted to painkillers?
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Originally Posted by Terrell
This photo is an example of the person not choosing the apropriate clothing for their body weight, rather than their body weight in and of itself. There's a difference.
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She's not technically breaking indecency laws, but I'm pretty sure there can be a consensus that what's seen in that picture is indecent.
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Originally Posted by Terrell
I would see ordering a competant adult to seek treatment for obesity (in themselves) as an abuse of governmental power. I don't see government's rightful role in society as protecting an adult from himself.
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Except that you're not operating under a US framework. Government healthcare is a reality in Japan, and as such it's tax dollars being spent more efficiently. Asking someone to lose weight is simply a part of having that system. You may disagree with the system, but that's what they have and they show now signs of abandoning it.