Bible_Belt said:
And they're doing a damn fine job preparing. The reason why I think it's wrong to disapprove of fat people is that there are just too damn many of them.
That there are many people who do something bad, doesn't mean it is wrong to think they shouldn't do the bad thing.
Besides, it's only
in the U.S. ... and Mexico ... then come the UK, Slovakia and Greece. Seriously, every time I see
statistics by country it is north European countries, and sometimes Italy, in the better end of the list together with Korea and Japan. Shape up, rest of the world.
I agree with backbreaker that, so what? Here in the forum people constantly talk about how you should next girls for obesity or other flaws. But girls are not allowed to have standards for who they associate with?
I think backbreaker is wrong in saying we are living in a "shallow" society, though. In all times people have liked slim and athletic figures; just look at Greek statues from 2,500 years ago. (And every time you bring this up someone says "What about Zorn's paintings!" Screw Zorn, one painter with a fatty fetish, so what. Then they say "fat was beautiful in the Middle Ages!" No, it wasn't, it was a status symbol, that's different. They still loved athletic figures back then. Look at the Medieval paintings of Jesus and his disciples in churches, they were made to look slim and attractive, not fat.)
Why is that? Because being slim and athletic is a sign of health. We are strongly attracted to signs of health. Smooth skin, lush hair, clear eyes, good teeth, certain body proportions that research has confirmed. Everyone in SoSuave should know this by now.
I have fat people among my relatives. I disapprove. They are not helpless victims, they could do something about it. If I can stop myself from eating potato chips and chocolate, even when I want it badly, then so can anyone - I have more of a sweet tooth than practically anyone I know.
You should especially do it for the sake of your partner, or for your future partner. It makes us unhappy to see signs of gross unhealth, why would you want to expose your partner to that? Or your friends, and other people? Our sense of aesthetics is enormously strong and affects everything we build, even down to small details in every object, so imagine if we violate the aesthetics where it is the most important, in human beings. Then you make both yourself and people who see you a little less happy - or a lot less happy. You have a duty to improve the world, and that includes being the best person you can be. That is why I don't improve of obesity or anything else that adds something negative to the world. It is not shallow; ignoring duty is shallow. You have only one life, use it in the best possible way. That does not include stuffing eclairs down your throat.