Today I find this.
Snippets of the insanity:
So if we want to remain slim, should we be shunning fat people?
“Concern over the obesity epidemic seems to be throwing up a whole load of off-the-wall ideas but the message remains the same, that sensible eating and exercise are the major components to get your weight under control.” (Dr Tam Fry, chair of the Child Growth Foundation)
In short, research is being done because of this horrible obesity is taking over the world problem. The research is looking at ways that fat people may not be at fault for being fat. But, we’ll end the article stating that people are STILL AT FAULT… and before that we ponder if we should SHUN fat people???!!!!!!??????!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow. The compassion just overwhelms me to tears.
I have an idea! Let’s shun ignorant bigots!
Okay, okay, I’m too much of a bleeding heart to really mean that. Shunning them would only allow them to evolve further into pond scum. Sigh. I read a few months ago that the Brits were going to try to teach school children to be able to think more subtley and not fear ambiguity. I hope they get on that already!
*Small disclaimer – I do not mean to bash all British people, but the institutions that perpetuate this ignorant non-sense.
–AngryGrayRainbows
Angry Gray Rainbows 
It’s funny that they accuse fat people who are happy with themselves as they are of having their fingers in their ears going la-la-la-i-can’t-hear-you over the obesity epidemic when they are the ones with the problem. If they really looked at all the research and what it actually says, they would realize that the so-called “obesity epidemic” is one that was made up so the diet industry could sell more worthless diets and pharmaceutical companies could push more pills (money-making opportunities abound when you create a false panic over something that doesn’t really exist). And the more research there is that shows fat isn’t the killer these quacks want it to be, the louder they scream about how fat is at fault for everything from global warming to shorter lifespans (in spite of the fact that we’re living longer than ever).
SHUN THE IGNORANT BIGOTS! I second this!
Actually shunning is quite a threat. The media is suggesting obesity could bankrupt the NHS. Apparently it spends £1bn on obesity relating treatment, a figure which is forecasted to reach £6.5bn by 2015. Furthermore, the latest initiative is to pay people to lose weight. Up to £425 for hitting their personal weight loss target. All this against the backdrop of patients being refused a cancer drug because of expense. Not only are fat people “lazy” and “stupid”, they are also going to leech all the money from the NHS which good tax payers have spent years supporting. It is going to turn into a witch-hunt nobody can hide from.
The irony is paying people to diet will encourage more people to gain weight in the long run. Previously healthy people will suddenly find they are caught in this trap.
Oh man, Sophie. That is just awful. I just have no words… that is just so sad. It’s hard to completely conceive of the idea that a government could be so ignorant and cruel.
Vesta! 🙂
I just realized I didn’t respond to you and I wanted to when I first read your comment.
It’s just been hard to think of anything else to say other than what you said… you put it very well. So, I second what you said. I agree completely… thank you for validating what I’ve been thinking.