Okay...
I take what you've all said about the kids- admittedly I hadn't picked that up in the first post, and you're right- that is tantamount to child abuse.

What I object to is this anger you all seem to have for fat people- what business is it of yours to cast judgment on the way people live their lives? Are you all pariahs of clean living and good health? Do you all get your recommended 30 minutes of excercise a day? I'm guessing not. I am aware that obesity stretches the national health, but so do many things.

Here's why I'm pissed off by this attitude- when I was 11, I weighed 12 stone. I was bullied at school, called names, had thing stuck in my bag. People used to call me names in the street- and that is pretty much why I am still in recovery for anorexia 10 years on. Because people hated me, thought I was disgusting and a blight on humanity. And I thought that being like I am now was the only was to get acceptance. And you know what? I was right. I get talked to, invited to parties, people want to be my friend these days, rather than treating me like a fucking leper. It disgusts me that we can't just accept people for being the way they are, that we have to shoehorn ourselves into behaving a certain way to be allowed in the club.

This is a dangerous attitude- we need proper education and help for obesity. Because this level of disgust and avoidance is so very fucking damaging.
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Wed 30 Jul 2008, 13:49, Reply)