The media should portray Adele's body image more responsibly

I'll try and keep this short.The first two paragraphs of argument hold no relevance, and are simply homophobic rants at George Michael and Boyzone (and the former is a good singer). I think it is reasonable to disregard this as a red herring used to insult a group of people. The second two are slightly more on topic. At least he is (I will assume) stating that people will asume the roles of people who are portrayed in the media repeatedly and act as if they are them. I would like to point out that the plethora of fans of Adele are not following Adele because she is fat and sings well, but because she sings well. I can simply check the youtube feed and the twitter feeds on her and find constant applause, and the only mentions of her weight are derogatory to begin with. My opponent points to rappers as an example to show how people imitate celebrities. Quite simply, rappers are different to pop stars, and pop stars are different to Adele. Let's look at demographics: Hard ("Gangsta") Rap : 15-25 year old men [1]Blatantly pop music (e.g. Lady Gaga): 15-25 year old womenAdele - 35+ people in general [2]It's common sense to realise that with Gangsta rap, you're buying into the lifestyle as well as the music. When you get the newest 50 cent album, you're buying into 50 cent. When you get an Eminem album, you are making a statement to the "crew" you belong to. That is the market of the 'Gangsta rap'. In contrast, pop music and Adele is more feminine, aimed more casually and more of what I'd call "water cooler music": something you can talk about generally at work. However, pop artists like Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, etc. is marketed at women 15-25, unlike Adele[4]. Justin Beiber, One direction etc. aimed even younger. However, Adele is completely different. Adele's target market is "your moms, sisters, grandmas, coworkers and dads"[3]. Adele is aimed at the older parent market: it's aimed at people of all groups, but not aiming to penetrate the teenage "boyfriend material" icon of Justin Beiber, nor the "crew" icon of gangsta rap. It's aimed at adults - responsible adults - and it alone is a good reason why people don't imitate her. Responsible adults take her to heart. And that, listeners, is why the media does not need to portray Adele more honestly of her figure: who would they be impressing? They'd be going out of their way for no reason whatsoever.Finally, my opponent points to refute my claim by stating that "[anorexia] is a very minor one compared to the problem of obesity in young girls." then that the 15% of girls classified as obese are much more than those classed as anorexic. Now, I want to make this into a syllogism to make sure the argument is as one sees it:P1 - If more girls are obese than anorexic, then obesity should be the problem tackled first.P2 - More girls are obese than anorexicP3 - Being derogatory to fat people in the media will make people thin.C - Therefore, we should be derogatory to fat people (and therefore Adele) in the media.Now, the premise that is problematic for me is the third one (P3). There are two reasons:There is sufficient reason to suspect that obesity is caused by celebrities being overweightThere is sufficient reason to suspect that by being derogatory to fat people, they will lose weight.The first assumption of P3 (the correlation equalling causation) has not been satisfied. Even with lists of trivial things that cause obesity, celebs are not one of them[5]. This removes the possibility of this argument being sound, and has not been presented to satisfaction by my opponent.Secondly, bullying promotes obesity, not stops it. The bullying of the media would actually make it worse, it would isolate people more and more, and make obesity more of a problem in society. In conclusion, the media should not attack Adele for being fat. This is an unfair and poor assault that the media will have done, and should be stopped. Attacking Adele will not make people thinner, but make them gain wieght, if anything. But more importantly, people see role models for what they are: being inspirational. Let's give children some credit: when they see Adele sing, they know she is a good singer, and they will not try and imitate her. But even then, kids are not the people exposed to Adele the most. It is adults. Responsible people. People who know obesity is bad for you, and this excessive parentism of the state will not enhance public health, but will detract from what is important here. Her singing talent. Thank you.2 - http://www.prefixmag.com...3 - http://www.prefixmag.com...4 - http://prezi.com...5 - http://www.independent.co.uk...6 - http://www.cbsnews.com...