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Originally posted by Torka
Boring narcissists with chips on their shoulders about their physical appearance.
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Hehe. Interesting way of putting things. Here's my take.
I don't want to defend people who are overweight but freely choose to ignore medical advice and just generally continue to get fatter and fatter on their own voilition. This is the case as these people will almost invariably place a larger burden upon the public health system, thereby taking away scarce resources from people who arguably need help for things that they couldn't prevent.
Having said all this, I can't see how one can just judge whether a fat person happens to be so because of things entirely within his/her control, by merely observing that the person is fat. Therefore, I see no reasonable basis for me to hate anyone
solely on the ground of
one physical characteristic, without inquiring deeper into the issue.
In short, unless she meant to imply a bit more than what was apparent, it sounds like yet another instance of Cookie's Dogma.