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Originally Posted by Willravel
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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Obesity may not be an addiction to food, it can be caused by many factors, and it's probably not as simple as an addiction to food, and the reasons/specifics probably vary from person to person.
Unless that person who is addicted to pain killers has is in the ER with an overdose pumping his stomach is probably going to do him more harm than good, so I don't really see any point in doing so.
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Originally Posted by Willravel
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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Except that the very same woman at the very same weight would not be indecent if she wore a different outfit. One more apropriate for a woman of her weight. The attire that she has chosen to wear is what makes her photo indecent. It would be like Roseanne if she decided to walk down the beach in a g-string thong.
Being overweight isn't what's indecent. But if you're a 200lb woman and you're trying to wear something that's apropriate for a 120lb woman that's what's inapropriate, the same thing is true for men, just add about 50-75lbs to those numbers.
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Originally Posted by Willravel
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.
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I'm aware of that, though I do tend to think in US terms. I could support education about obesity, but this program is enforcement which also costs money, and I cannot support this, even in a govt heathcare system.