Fat People - A reader writes...

A particular issue that has stealthily crept between my retina and nestled like a wet cat on the (vast)hearth of my frontal lobe, whispering perversions and incantations to the part of my brain responsible for luke warm political and consumer problems, is, alas, obesity. Yet the issue has taken on a sinister twist, and i regret to inform you, world, that it is no longer a simple case of two-too many fish fingers for supper.

I consider this to be the true sequel to a recent post highlighting the growing (ahem) trend of showing footage of anonymous fat people plodding down Dunstable high street, and the personal privacy issues that ensue. The headless fatties are upon us once more, squeezing their whale-like blubber through a million transitors and emiting pale glowing images to thousands of worried gorgers in every town. The supposition that head removal is identity removal is a false premise; who would not recognise THAT burgundy tie adorning pink shirt and grey slacks. I mean come on, everyone knows its your dad. The sad fact is, or was (wait for it), that this was clearly a case of pointing fun at Captain Rotund in order to shame him into surgery (many current affairs programming commissions rely on funding from cosmetic companies, maybe), and was dressed up in ethical attire.

HOWEVER, recent footage, and i cite BBC2's The Daily Politics, Feb 24th as evidence, of people who are NOT PARTICULARLY FAT AT ALL has been used in addressing this issue; again, sans head. The psychological impact of such footage will be massive (sorry), the implicit suggestion being that it is not those of above average proportion with the problem, but those with no head. This is the only continuous factor present across all media. Of course, we can all see that the headless themselves pose no real difficulty, due to a lack of actual existence in society, but watch what happens when we reverse the logic: no person with a head is obese, and hence the problem dissipates.

But thank lordy god that i was here to point that out. Thank Allah.

Comments

[SL]

I have this image of headless people walking around Kingston upon Hull:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3521551.stm

[hey hoe]

hey on this one web site these people were making fun of fat people and i told them of i told them they need to shut up because fat people are just fine there is nothing wronge with them and that they need to stop making post about fat people becuse there mom is probuly fat i am not fat but making fun of fat people is not cool.