sethnintendo said:
kain_kusanagi said:
I'm glad to hear you just wanted to strike up a discussion and don't actually want government mandated diet laws. However I do think you should refrain from using the word fatty/fatties to describe the overweight. You've lost weight, that's great, but that should me you know what it feels like to be overweight. I've lost over 60 pounds and feel great, but I don't feel like that suddenly gives me the right to call others fat just because I'm not. People may have too much fat, but that doesn't mean that's all they are. People are worth more than their outer appearance. I suggest using clinical terms like "the obese" or at the very least refer to them as the overweight rather than as fatties. It's just a little insensitive. Not as bad as using the n-word or the f-word, but insensitive still. How would you have liked it if people brushed you off as a fatty instead of seeing the value of your character.
The USA may have an obesity problem, but we also have another problem. Too much fixation on outward appearance. Too many people consider all but the most beautiful to be undesirable. Movies and TV have a lot to do with this. It would be nice if people weren't so wrapped up in how they look and focused on what's inside, what really counts.
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I'll go through tomorrow and change my words to more scientific words such as obese. I used obese a few times but I should have probably used it the entire time. It was immature for me to not use the scientific words in the first place when dealing with a touchy matter as people's weight. I'll respond a little more in detail but I won't be able to touch up my "insulting" words till tomorrow after work. I'd rather the thread be more civil and after seeing Mr. Bubbles post I felt pretty bad.
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You have integrity my friend. And my Respect.
