Normalgamer said:
Verlander said:
Yes, you are physically less able. There are ways of becoming thinner, but they aren't instantaneous, and the quicker you loose that weight, the unhealthier the method is
I treat people who don't respect this with the same contempt that I treat racists or homophobes
You can't choose to be black, you can't choose to be homosexual, you can choose wether you want to eat that delicious chocolate cake and watch TV or go outside and eat some celery while you run.
That's irrelevant. You are judging someone based on something they are, not what they do or how they behave.
Funnily enough you can't always choose. Becoming obese is remarkably easy to do, especially when you are older, without realising. It's far harder to become fit again.
Many adults in our society are obese, and it's because we, as a people, do far less physical work than our bodies are supposed to. It's easy for children, or teenagers, as they are using stupid amounts of energy to grow. Our bodies are incredible things that are built to survive, and they do that by storing fat.
When someone gets too fat to work, it is a disability. They need to loose that fat, and can do, but because it's not recognised as a disability by self righteous arsewipes, they do not get the help that they need to overcome this problem. You can't just start feeding them less, because as anyone with the slightest knowledge of nutrition will tell you, that won't loose the fat. Exercising without supervision when you are in such a circumstance is also very dangerous.
I'm not saying that they should be given the same sympathies as mentally disable people, or those who have other physical disabilities, but then I agree that every situation demands it's own unique amount of help and support. So, yeah, someone who can't understand this is pretty much a dick in my opinion.