| Fat People Kissing In Public: A Threat To American Health? |
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Can you Digg it? My initial response was: Hmm, being overweight is one thing — those people are downright obese! And while I think our country's obsession with physical perfection is unhealthy, I also think it's at least equally crazy, albeit in the other direction, to be implicitly promoting obesity! Yes, anorexia is sick, but at least some slim models are simply naturally skinny. No one who is as fat as Mike and Molly can be healthy. And obesity is costing our country far more in terms of all the related health problems we are paying for, by way of our insurance, than any other health problem, even cancer. "No one who is as fat as Mike and Molly can be healthy" seems to be Marie Claire code for "No one who is as fat as Mike and Molly should be happy." Or if it's not, then I have to wonder why Marie Claire hasn't ridden in to champion our health against the infernal influences of shows like "The Simpsons": nobody who drinks as much beer as Homer Simpson can be healthy, either physically or emotionally. And okay, sure, "The Simpsons" is a cartoon... but Marie Claire seems to want to finish that statement with "...while Mike and Molly is real life." And anyone who thinks that sitcoms are real need only ask themselves one thing: how many times have you been locked in a freezer and forced to flashback to all your old episodes? So anyway, yes, I think I'd be grossed out if I had to watch two characters with rolls and rolls of fat kissing each other ... because I'd be grossed out if I had to watch them doing anything. To be brutally honest, even in real life, I find it aesthetically displeasing to watch a very, very fat person simply walk across a room... Have you tried listening to tuba music while you watch? Also, who's making you stare at fat people? Now, don't go getting the wrong impression: I have a few friends who could be called plump. Now the author is trying to establish her street cred, apparently expecting us to fawn over her: "Oh, you've met a fatty? What are they like? Do they use tools like we do?" But since her article seems to be arguing that "fat people shouldn't ever kiss, ever", I'm not fooled. This is like someone arguing in favor for Jim Crow laws wrapping up their speech with, "Now look, don't go getting the wrong idea. I know some black people. My houseboy, my chauffeur, the old fisherman who lives by the lake who always knows just what to say when I come to him for home-spun, folksy advice..." But ... I think obesity is something that most people have a ton of control over. It's something they can change, if only they put their minds to it.
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