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Originally Posted by Beestie

But then, do you also charge obese people more? What about alcoholics?

Be patient...its coming.

Watch comedy on TV these days. The only group that it is acceptable to make fun of is the obese, and I see something making light of fat people pretty much every time I watch TV. The obese are the new Polaks, the new Blondes, the new *insert minority group derogatory appellation here*.

The public view of people who are obese is that they are undisciplined, sluggardly and otherwise morally or constitutionally inferior, and that it is a matter of personal choice. Therefore, they are an acceptable target of ridicule. This general societal leaning will eventually result in punative measures and sanctioned discrimination. It is the nature of human beings to be against something or someone. Since obesity is perceived as something that is voluntary and therefore controllable, unlike, for example, race, then discriminating against them is actually for their own good, right?