Christ has been removed from Christmas. Islam and terror have been removed from Islamic terrorism. We’re so goddam scared of the word “nigger”. Under God is Under Threat.
And now, us fatties are offended.
[O]ne council has been condemned after it announced it would consider banning the word ‘obese’ because it could offend fat children.
Town hall bosses want to want to replace it with the phrase ‘unhealthy weight’ so children are not stigmatised.
The move has caused fury among parents and anti-obesity campaigners who have branded the scheme ‘ preposterous and laughable.’
But health campaigners say they are concerned it will lead to the issue of obese children not being taken seriously enough.
The proposal was made by a group of 90 schoolchildren taking part in the Liverpool Schools’ Parliament when the council asked them to come up with a variety of ideas as part of its Children and Young People’s Plan (CYPP).
Meh, my resident one day told me I was “too fat” and that I would die before I turned 50. I would have protested…but she was pretty hot.
I’m kinda partial to the yiddish “zaftig”, or as my female battalion commander referred to me (about 25 lbs ago) as “pleasingly plump.
RG, we are what we are. If we don’t like what we are, we change. If we don’t change, it’s our problem – no one elses. Doesn’t matter why. We have to take responsibility for ourselves
Hope things are going reasonable well. I am still 11 July ETD. Still have not clearly communicated it to SO & kid. Don’t know if I can take the tears and all that comes with it….
Pax Vobiscum
K
Andrew – you’ve had a fucking stroke. Just sayin’. You and I need to walk it off, dude.
KP – we are what we are, but the words shouldn’t be verboten. Good luck with SO & kid!
RG
How in the Hell can the word obese be debilitating and UNHEALTHY WEIGHT not be? Why not change the word to something that is awesome? Why not just change it TO “awesome?” Why not just change it to “skinny” and then scold the kids to GAIN WEIGHT? Might as well.
When we have reached the point that the last most sensitive person in the world is no longer offended, we will have finally lost the ability to communicate.
Back to the stone age. Just when we a barely recovering from the stoned age.
Btw it is criticism, not compliments, that cause us to make needed changes.
There is a time we must leave our mothers and grow up.
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