Should Fat People Be Banned From TV?

Vernon Coleman





The Government recently announced that it wanted to ban thin models from fashion shows and catwalks.

They argued that thin models encourage anorexia among young girls.

Maybe.

But the number of anorexic young women is minute compared to the number of obese young women.

And the number of young women who will die through being too thin is a tiny fraction of the number who will die through being too fat.

If the Government really wants to improve the health of the nation it should consider banning fat people from television.

If newspapers and magazines really cared about the health of their readers they would print pictures of famous people who are too fat - rather than famous people who are too thin.

Fat celebrities are terrible role models for the young.

There's a widespread feeling that fat people are jolly and that its unfair to pick on them just because they are overweight.

Nonsense.

No one should ever pick on private individuals because they've eaten too much and put on too much weight.

But fat celebrities are a different matter: they are a serious danger to the nation's health.

Fat singers, presenters, actors, politicians and other public figures should be locked in the closet - well away from cameras - until they lose weight.


Copyright Vernon Coleman October 2006 Home