Via Ann Althouse, we learn that Canada believes that fat people that take up two seats should just pay for one:
They [get airplane welfare] in Canada now, says Swaraaj Chauhan, who illustrates his post with an astoundingly apt photograph. Hipopinion has an even more distressing photograph. (Canada might want to recognize a right not to have one’s obesity appropriated to amuse and teach lessons to the normal-weight community.)
If you get a free extra seat now, won’t people be clamoring to be considered one of the truly obese? Does some government agency certify that you are fat to the point of disability and thus entitled to accommodation? Or is this just a matter of airlines telling some people they’ll have to pay for a second seat — and now, they’re being told they will need to give that seat for free? If the latter, some of the chubbier passengers may decide to sprawl strategically to extort extra space from the airline. If the plane is full, who gets bumped?
Canada obviously has no regard for the free market. Instead, they encourage obesity, which is a sin:
I Corinthians 6:19-20, “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.”
Obviously, adding fat to your temple is a sin. The Bible is clear that gluttony, one of the Seven Deadly Sins, is a crime. Yet what are we, as Christians, to do about all of these obese people socializing the markets and sinning against the Bible? Well, to start with, we should privatize medicine completely, so we won’t have to pay for the health care of the fat. This should kill off most of the fat people, and should ensure that our markets are not burdened by these giant steamrollers. If that doesn’t kill them off, then they should be sent to concentration camps, as Michael Savage would assert. They could also serve as target practice for our troops. Hillary Clinton’s plan would lead to disaster, yet Michael Savage’s plan would give us a way to pay off the national debt the Democrats left us.
To fat people, I should warn you that your lifestyle will not be tolerated for much longer. Repent now, and burn off that fat. To Canada, I should warn you that we will invade your country if you dare to attempt to force Americans to concede airplane seats to fat people. Since most fat people come from your nation, it’s high time we sealed the Canadian border. While Mexicans are certainly a drain on the economy (unless kept under lock and key), Canadians actively work to undermine our economy. If you do not comply with our measures, fatasses and Canadians, we will crush you like the swine you are.
To fat people, I should warn you that your lifestyle will not be tolerated for much longer.
Says who? The stats are something like 60%of the American population is obese. We just keep thinking up ways to do less and make our lazy lives even easier than they already are. The most exercise kids have got in 25 years has been on the Wii fit. Type II adult onset diebetes has been seen now in children as young as 6. 6-10 year olds are being diagnosed as morbidly obese. This is going to sound mean, I know it, but don’t mean for it to. All of these people that have “gland problems” and gain weight no matter what; I’ve seen children starving in the Sudan. How come nobody over there has the same “gland problems?” The problem is our attitude toward food and physical activity, a problem that has gotten worse over the last 50 years, and a whole lot worse just in the past 10 or 15. The Japanese were once among the healthiest people in the world, between the rice and the fish. They now have a steady diet of McDonald’s and other American fast food, and spend too many hours at work and commuting. They are nearly as unhealthy as we are, thanks to the global markets we have created for our bad lifestyle and eating habits.
By: Clark Bunch on November 25, 2008
at 11:00 pm
I actually agree with you on this one, only less with the nonexistent hellfire and sinning. The only one bearing that wide load should be yourself.
By: Ian on November 27, 2008
at 1:06 am
You know what? I don’t know. I don’t know what to believe. I’ve been reading through some of your older posts and am now convinced that this is the most masterful execution of a Poe that has been, is, and ever will be. With that in mind, I’m on board, Scrutator. My friend, I am on your side from here on out.
By: Ian on November 27, 2008
at 3:54 am
“Says who? The stats are something like 60%of the American population is obese. We just keep thinking up ways to do less and make our lazy lives even easier than they already are.”
If we get rid of the nanny state government, and implement laws discouraging obesity, then we should be able to make progress.
“The most exercise kids have got in 25 years has been on the Wii fit.”
Wiis are an inhibitor to spiritual growth and morality. As such, we must pass legislation outlawing them.
“This is going to sound mean, I know it, but don’t mean for it to.”
It’s the truth, Clark. The truth hurts. As a former Democrat atheist, I know.
“They are nearly as unhealthy as we are, thanks to the global markets we have created for our bad lifestyle and eating habits.”
You can’t legitimately blame the free market. Instead, I would blame the public school system, since they often serve fatty foods in their cafeterias. Thankfully, ever since Reagan’s FDA pronounced ketchup a vegetable, they’re at least not being denied nutrients. I also don’t want to ban trans fats, because that’s Socialist, and unfair to those that actually try to work out.
Instead, we need to start having penalties for being obese. Mike Huckabee had something good in Arkansas about making children lose weight, and I’m confident that a similar measure enacted here will lead to great success. At any rate, socializing health care will make it all the more difficult.
“I actually agree with you on this one, only less with the nonexistent hellfire and sinning. The only one bearing that wide load should be yourself.”
Without God, how can one be inspired to lose weight?
“You know what? I don’t know. I don’t know what to believe. I’ve been reading through some of your older posts and am now convinced that this is the most masterful execution of a Poe that has been, is, and ever will be.”
This is not a Poe.
“With that in mind, I’m on board, Scrutator. My friend, I am on your side from here on out.”
Well, you chose the right man for the wrong reasons. Still, I will not turn down assistance. Welcome aboard!
By: Objective Scrutator on December 1, 2008
at 11:40 am
We are in agreement about a lot of things, and I’m not trying to start an argument. But I just have to ask:
You think banning trans fat would make us socialists, but we should enact legislation to outlaw the Nintendo Wii?
By: Clark Bunch on December 1, 2008
at 10:15 pm
“We are in agreement about a lot of things, and I’m not trying to start an argument. ”
That’s not a problem. You and I hold the same values, and we can reconcile our differences, whatever they may be.
“You think banning trans fat would make us socialists, but we should enact legislation to outlaw the Nintendo Wii?”
The other video game systems need to go out faster, as they are even more violent than the Wii. However, I feel that the number of crimes that video games have inspired youth to commit is far too great to allow it to flourish unmitigated. Although the main problem with Columbine was the teaching of Darwinism in the schools, video games are also to blame. The VT psychopath was also a big fan of video games.
Banning guns would take away a necessary constitutional right, and wouldn’t stop the criminals from getting guns, anyways. Instead, we need to ban video games, especially those saturated with pornography and violence.
Do you read many articles by Jack Thompson? I’d recommend that you do. It will open your eyes to the evils of video games. Even Mario can be part of the slippery slope towards playing games like Grand Theft Auto or Castle Wolfenstein.
By: Objective Scrutator on December 2, 2008
at 7:56 pm
Oh yea, cause privatized healthcare has been working SO well for the Americans. GREEAAAT idea. NOT.
And what are you talking about, the USA is home to the most morbidly obese people in the world. Don’t try to blame that fact on Canada. Google the stats. Any stats will prove that USA loses out not only to Canada, but to many other nations as well when it comes to health.
If people choose to be fat, they should indeed have to pay for the room they take up on airplanes etc. but that’s the ONLY good point your article made. Religion has nothing to do with the fact that America is the fast food/fat people capital of the world. But nice try.
By: Annonymous Girl on January 20, 2009
at 9:08 pm
“If that doesn’t kill them off, then they should be sent to concentration camps, as Michael Savage would assert.”
I do not condone obesity as more than you do, Objective Scrutator, but what kind of christian thinks and suggests concentration camps? Fat camps is more like it. Where you go there with no food for a while and you work off the fat.
“They could also serve as target practice for our troops.”
Although I care less to whatever is going on upstairs with you, but even if I had the same problems that you did, I would not suggest them to be good targets for our soldiers. Come to think of it, a fat target is an easy target, in fact it’s too easy. When our guys fight in live combat, they will be so used to shooting at an such an easy target that they will begin to lack the sufficient skills to fight the enemy. To compare and contrast, since we’re fighting the Iraqi insurgents(although the real fight is in Afghanistan) most of them are short and skinny like Charlie and they move around too fast. Guerillas take a few shots and then they move around alot. Fat people are the opposite of the real targets. Because fat people cannot get themselves off of the ground and you don’t need as much aim and lead to hit a fat person as much as you would need to hit a guerilla. I know this because I was in the army before.
From the looks of this, it seems that you do not have much military knowledge, although I have read alot of your posts, you say you like the army very much. Keep in mind that we are not all about killing people like you think, there is more to being a soldier than to kill. Your duty is your first priority, not killing. The enemy gets in our way and tries to prevent us from doing our duty and completing our mission. And because of that, we MUST kill(or stop) them. We don’t kill just to “kill” we kill in order to carry on in our missions. Although you think we do, we really don’t enjoy killing.
If you are into killing, which to me it seems like you do from visiting your website, than you should look at the marines.
By: Joe Unitas on April 17, 2009
at 12:59 am
Sorry to be the one to point this out, but many people who are morbidly obese got that way from eating disorders, etc. caused by emotional and mental imbalence.
I guess that means God hates the mentally unstable now, and anorexic people are screwed up too.
Plus, guess what?
While you were bashing away at Canada, you forgot to look up the stats at which countries struggle most with weight problems.
Canada’s number 11.
And do you think people enjoy having that many health problems? Goddamnit, it’s not a health style. Instead of bashing people, why don’t you bash the food companies responsible for tricking everyone into eating complete SHIT?
The food industry sneaks in everything it can even into so-called “health food,” advertises such foods like cigarettes (having a similar effect on the brain-you see food commercials so much that you feel subconciously pressured to buy food), and you are tricked into eating calorie-stuffed tiny portions until your body needs that many calories and you’re an addict.
Now go think about that.
This is coming from someone who is both an American and normal body weight. I’m not defending myself.
By: octopusrave on September 15, 2009
at 1:48 pm
oh, and while we’re at it, the bit on video games.
Very, very few games are accessable to children that contain a ton of violence OR pornography (what? pornographic video games aren’t sold at FYE, you have to really search those out on ADULT websites!), in fact, in countries such as Japan where violent games are frequent, their crime rates are actually low. Bad parenting is more responsible. Game stores and game companies make games for children, and won’t sell certain games to minors. A bad parent would have to buy the game and give it to/leave it accessable to a child. So before you start acting all socialist! on people, look up the facts.
and yes, banning trans fats would be the best thing anyone could do for obesity, as well as banning aspartame and high fructose corn syrup. Banning a drug isn’t seen as against the constitution, is it? Drugs are banned based on health concerns. The drug is seen as harmful, and thus the government, to keep people from becoming ill from drug use, remove it from the market. The same should be done for the aforementioned substances as they do more harm than good and are simply added to food to release pleasure sense from the brain. It’s drugs, accessable to minors.
That is a much larger problem than video games.
Where do you get your facts?
By: octopusrave on September 15, 2009
at 1:54 pm
“but what kind of christian thinks and suggests concentration camps? ”
One that thinks that our government is spending too much money, and that the next best thing to complete privatization is to deal with those responsible for rising costs. Advocating extermination of the obese seems a bit extreme, but market-controlled and governmentally-mandated camps shouldn’t present any problems.
“From the looks of this, it seems that you do not have much military knowledge”
I was in the Air Force for about 5 years, you idiot. While I don’t exactly enjoy being so blunt in my choice of language, I find it highly aggravating when someone claims a pretext of moral authority outside of Scripture without properly analyzing their adversaries.
If you do not join the military ready to give your life to your country and ready to take someone else’s life for your country, then you need to get out of the military. The nonpatriotic abound, and while our major threats are the Islamists and the Marxists, not all of our enemies take on the guise of those two.
Fat people that are nothing but a cost to society need to be dealt with in some way. If the market cannot find a way to use them, then the military can. Our troops can surely feel joy out of slaughtering those who would harm America.
“Sorry to be the one to point this out, but many people who are morbidly obese got that way from eating disorders, etc. caused by emotional and mental imbalence.”
Oh, goody, another liberal trying to come up with excuses for fat people.
Fat people are as they are because of their own choices. The food industry isn’t responsible for people abusing your product. Do you really think Philip-Morris should have to reimburse every retard that took a whiff of their cigarettes?
“I guess that means God hates the mentally unstable now”
Actually, God does hate the mentally unstable. Read the Bible.
“While you were bashing away at Canada, you forgot to look up the stats at which countries struggle most with weight problems.”
I don’t deny that America is swarming with fat people, but unlike Canada’s, we don’t exactly tolerate people receiving two seats for the price of one. We also, as a culture, emphasize weight loss far more than Canada does _ our obesity rates are declining in comparison.
“And do you think people enjoy having that many health problems? ******** it’s not a health style. Instead of bashing people, why don’t you bash the food companies responsible for tricking everyone into eating complete ****?”
Do you really think that fat people try their darndest to lose their weight? You’d be a fool to think so. Weight loss takes TIME and EFFORT. While you may believe that hard work is a disease that must be stamped out, the rest of us would rather not subsidize your poor eating habits.
“The food industry sneaks in everything it can even into so-called “health food,” advertises such foods like cigarettes (having a similar effect on the brain-you see food commercials so much that you feel subconciously pressured to buy food), and you are tricked into eating calorie-stuffed tiny portions until your body needs that many calories and you’re an addict.”
Learn to ignore the commercials, then. Are we going to ban advertising now, just because a couple of fatties didn’t get the rather obvious message that eating too much McDonalds isn’t healthy for you?
“This is coming from someone who is both an American and normal body weight. I’m not defending myself.”
No, you are defending the lifestyle of the fat person: lazy and reliant on others for help. Either you feel guilty about them and want to force the rest of us to feel guilty of them, or you yourself live a lifestyle of slothfulness and irresponsibility, and would logically defend other lifestyles of slothfulness and irresponsibility.
“Very, very few games are accessable to children that contain a ton of violence OR pornography ”
Are you suggesting that Grand Theft Auto IV is only bought by dignified 25 year olds? Because my understanding is that several people under 17 are playing that game, too. And that’s just one example.
“in countries such as Japan where violent games are frequent, their crime rates are actually low”
Correlation does not imply causation. A far better explanation for Japan’s low crime rates would be our omnipresent military in Japan.
“Bad parenting is more responsible.”
Bad parenting is obviously responsible, but it’s not the ONLY cause, as you seem to claim. As an example, children who live in Manhattan will be unable to avoid lewd displays, as they have a giant screen in the Big Apple that constantly blasts advertisements for violent and sexual video games.
Perhaps the worst part is that pornography and video games INEVITABLY draw their consumers to sin and depravity; would the Virginia Tech massacre have happened if the loser didn’t play video games? McDonalds can be a good occasional meal; Grand Theft Auto is nothing but trouble, and also harder to avoid.
“Banning a drug isn’t seen as against the constitution, is it?”
No, it’s against basic human liberty if you ban something that people enjoy. Why should the people who aren’t suffering the consequences from trans fats be forced not to enjoy trans fats?
“The drug is seen as harmful, and thus the government, to keep people from becoming ill from drug use, remove it from the market.”
Yes, but we ban those drugs that cause nothing but harm; a single puff of marijuana destroys thousands of brain cells.
By: Objective Scrutator on September 17, 2009
at 12:53 am
Why would god hate obese people. It’s not a sinner if you have eating problems, they can’t help that they were born with it. Just like gays, gays had no choice. Being obese or gay is not a choice. It’s the way you are. Now you are the sinner. You can’t just judge people because they look different or they’re physical appearance is different. God doesn’t want people to judge. 50 years ago africans moved to america because america had more shelter, less danger, and more food to feed them. But americans judged them just because they have black skin. So they didn’t let them get the same treatment as white people. Africans got shitty schools that didn’t give good education, they got the worst food imaginebal, and they got kicked out of buses, didn’t get to have fun entertainment, neither good shelter. All that just because they had black skin. And now you’re judgeing obese people. This is just like discrimination.
By: JJ on November 7, 2009
at 10:04 am
“Why would god hate obese people. It’s not a sinner if you have eating problems, they can’t help that they were born with it.”
Read the article, moron. Stuffing yourself with Twinkies is defiling your body.
“they can’t help that they were born with it.”
Yes, you can. It’s called exercising and eating less. If you’re too lazy and stupid to do that, then helping you is going to be a waste of money. If you are making an honest effort to improve yourself, then doctors and private insurance companies will reward you with deductions in payment. Being healthy will pay for itself, and it costs nothing to begin healthy habits.
“Just like gays, gays had no choice.”
Homosexuality is not as easy to cure as obesity, but it is also a choice.
“Being obese or gay is not a choice. It’s the way you are.”
Being a crack addict, a child raper, or a burglar is not a choice. It’s the way you are.
“You can’t just judge people because they look different or they’re physical appearance is different.”
Yes, I can.
“God doesn’t want people to judge.”
1 Corinthians 2:15. Read it, moron.
John 7:14 states that you cannot judge based on mere appearances, true. However, when I see fat people, I know that they have an eating disorder. Maybe they’re trying to lose that weight; if so, I have a Christian obligation to support them in their goal of self-betterment. If I see a fat person chowing down on Twinkies, however, or taking up airplane seats they didn’t pay for, I have an obligation to criticize them for their sinful behavior.
Now, thanks to the public option, I get to subsidize the fatties who DON’T want to lose their weight. Not only is this an unconstitutional usage of my tax dollars, it’s a complete waste.
“50 years ago africans moved to america because america had more shelter, less danger, and more food to feed them. ”
I thought black people came to America because we conquered them in battle.
“But americans judged them just because they have black skin. So they didn’t let them get the same treatment as white people.”
Institutionalized racism is dead, now that we’re in the 21st century. Quit whining.
Your post, which would fail even a public school grading system, is basically stating that I am racist because I don’t want to pay for fat people’s health care. You are saying that we should have government regulations which make the market treat fat people ‘fairly’, regardless of cost. This, in turn, would drive up market prices. A large part of our health care problems is due to fat people clogging up the insurance market. The market isn’t allowed to charge fatties more, but they are allowed to drive up prices equally; thus, I must pay more for insurance.
My criticism of fat people is based primarily on economical reasons. If you can afford to be fat off your own dime, then I’m not going to stop you. However, you still might need to get right with God.
Seriously, are you just babbling postmodern hobgobble to see how many people are taken in by your shtick?
By: Objective Scrutator on November 10, 2009
at 12:19 am