Sid, your logic evades me. While it's not "ok" to mock people, it's somehow ok because it provides a "negative reinforcement?" Like being in physical pain because your fat ass is too heavy for your stick legs, left out of all but the most mundane of activities because you can't physically participate, or being overburdened with the guilt and sadness of not wanting to be in these situations but not being able to bring yourself NOT do them --- you don't think that is "negative reinforcement?" Are you crazy, or are you just someone who is incapable of empathy? The rest of your stuff about Barney and liberalization ranges from off-topic to just stupid.
Matt, you're heading toward the right direction. People should "just move a little." (but remember, the fatter you are, the harder it is - fat people are not necessarily any more or less lazy than you are... You try putting an extra 300 lbs on you -- yes, about 450-500 lbs total, and try to go about your every day, it's not easy). But that's not enough. It's a full-on cultural, psychological, and physical assault propped up by an economy of low quality, lower cost convenience foods, services, and ideas: behold the power of the American marketing machine. Free will doesn't stand a chance. If it did, Google's stock wouldn't be over $500 a share. It takes more than jazzercise and bickram yoga to keep us thin.
Go, go Gellner.
Anita, you're on crack. The media is not GLORIFYING fat people. They are acknowledging their existence and trying to increase awareness of folks like you and Sid to actually get a clue and try to understand how the hell we are in this mess. And to say our healthcare system is in a crisis because of fat people is also stupid.
Sid, your logic evades me. While it's not "ok" to mock people, it's somehow ok because it provides a "negative reinforcement?" Like being in physical pain because your fat ass is too heavy for your stick legs, left out of all but the most mundane of activities because you can't physically participate, or being overburdened with the guilt and sadness of not wanting to be in these situations but not being able to bring yourself NOT do them --- you don't think that is "negative reinforcement?" Are you crazy, or are you just someone who is incapable of empathy? The rest of your stuff about Barney and liberalization ranges from off-topic to just stupid.
Matt, you're heading toward the right direction. People should "just move a little." (but remember, the fatter you are, the harder it is - fat people are not necessarily any more or less lazy than you are... You try putting an extra 300 lbs on you -- yes, about 450-500 lbs total, and try to go about your every day, it's not easy). But that's not enough. It's a full-on cultural, psychological, and physical assault propped up by an economy of low quality, lower cost convenience foods, services, and ideas: behold the power of the American marketing machine. Free will doesn't stand a chance. If it did, Google's stock wouldn't be over $500 a share. It takes more than jazzercise and bickram yoga to keep us thin.
Go, go Gellner.
Anita, you're on crack. The media is not GLORIFYING fat people. They are acknowledging their existence and trying to increase awareness of folks like you and Sid to actually get a clue and try to understand how the hell we are in this mess. And to say our healthcare system is in a crisis because of fat people is also stupid.