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I am with you sixate, phaenx and bermuDa. Good points. I grew up watching my mom bitch and moan about being too fat. Don't get me wrong....I love my mom to death, but she has a problem and I grew up listening to it. Sure, she has tried the Yo-Yo diets, the working out, etc.....but I would always catch her in the kitchen with a spoon if icecream in her mouth. So, why all the complaining when she is doing it to herself? What I can't stand is people who complain about their weight issues, then I turn around to see a cheesburger in their mouth. I think the problem lies in lack of education. These people know how to be obese and they are doing a great job at it. What they don't know how to do is maintain a healthy lifestyle that keeps their caloric intake at a manageable level.
Obesity should not be an excuse for categorical classification, nor should it be an excuse for discrimination. The majority of fat people (excluding people with diabetes or other fat related diseases) are fat because of a symptom to a problem. Black people aren't black because they have a categorical problem. They are black because they were born that way and being black isn't a health problem. Fat people were not born fat. They are that way either due to the small population of people who have health issues, or they don't know how (too lazy) to do anything about it.
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-Homer Simpson
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