Jim Dimitri (jimbo)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Sep-11 03:18:46 UTC
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@starlightbolt Actually, that's a rather simplistic view of it. As you may have noticed with Ponybis, a lot of people still use weight as a judgment of worth, or as an insult. Even if you close your eyes and pretend that all people can all lose weight if they simply pull themselves up by their bootstraps, the fact remains that people will judge and insult them based on whatever weight they are at the time. It's absolutely not right, and for a lot of people, weight is just as unchangable as race or other genetic features. It would be like mocking someone for being blind - they can't help it, and doing it just makes you look like an as$hole. (Not you, of course, I mean the 'general you.') My question to you: is it ever acceptable to mock people, based on their appearance? Is it okay to be mean to fat people, if you feel their weight is not merited? Do you, as your own objective self, have the right to dictate what is 'right' for other people?
