"The obese were not always considered monsters. On the contrary, until recently they were often revered. Historically, in most societies, obesity implied wealth and health - expensive epicurean habits and no tuberculosis, cholera or other wasting illnesses. Only now, when fat people outnumber the lean by two to one in many countries, has obesity become the last acceptable target of public discrimination."
"Obese people often share society's low opinion of them. Of one group whose members lost weight after surgery, 42 per cent claimed that they would rather go blind than regain it. Most would rather lose a leg, and all would prefer deafness, dyslexia, diabetes, severe heart disease or acne.'
The way people treat the obese only shows that humans are becoming less human with time. The Capitalist system stuffs us with all kinds of junk and inorganic food, and then despises us when our bodies show the outcome of its work!
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