We should shame fat people.

Thanks for accepting, I've been looking forward to this. DISCLAIMER: By no means am I attacking fat people, my argument is designed to find a way to help fat people. I believe shaming, to some degree will help. Please read through carefully and keep an open mind. I'm going to briefly explain how it's possible to compare fat people to drug users as I did. Then I will move onto my more interesting argument as to why "we should shame fat people." Fat people can be compared to drug users because both drug users and fat people suffer from addiction. One addiction is to food and one is to drugs. Fat people over eat and drug users overdose. I don't dislike drug users, I simply recognise they have a problem, so do fat people. It was a minor comment that my opponent shouldn't have attacked, as he clearly doesn't understand what an analogy is. (a comparison between one thing and another, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.) I would certainly say that's a fair analogy. Lets move onto the actual argument. If you take the time to read through his argument, you will see my opponent agrees that fat people being fat is a problem and something must be done. What we disagree on is how it should be done XDM-"that the health of any given citizen should be of paramount importance to them and that it affects the people around them" Below I will explain my solution to the fat epidemic, and how we may help our over weight friends, family and relatives. In society we accept fat people. They, like you or I, are just ordinary people with a problem, some have even called the problem of being fat "a self-inflicted disease" Certainty being fat is not good, not by any means. For those who would believe being fat is good I will present a quick list of health problems caused by obesity. High blood pressure, cancer, stroke, heart disease, pregnancy problems and many more. The fact that these health problems affect the obese individual is bad enough, but it also affects many others. For instance here in England we have a national health service where health care is free, however many obese people are a drain on this service, which causes other patience to be left untreated or receive poor service. Many people die because ambulances can't reach patients in time, instead these ambulances are busy dealing with other people, many of whom are fat. Lives are lost because fat people clog up the health services, here in England it's a growing problem, as people keep growing. Clearly something needs to be done, but what? From this I hope we can all agree that people being fat is a problem for society and for the fat individuals. I'm a personal trainer and I used to be overweight, but I worked hard to lose much of my weight and I think others can do the same. In society we accept fat people, but some people like myself encourage them to lose weight, we, for many years have tried to motivate them, but the obesity rate is rising, so it"s clear our encouragement is not enough. Keep in mind "encouragement" is a carrot method of motivating someone. For example "JUST DO IT!" Would be a carrot form of motivation, as it's positive, but is it enough to really help them lose weight? It seems that the problem with the carrot method is, fat people just eat the carrot and get fatter. In some cases the positive attention/encouragement that fat people get for being fat only motivates them to get fatter for more attention, it"s a vicious cycle. So now the carrot has failed and been eaten, it's time for the stick. What is the stick you might ask? Ladies and gentlemen I present to you "shame." We now understand, in some cases simply encouraging fat people only will only make them fatter. The fact that I want to point out is that obesity is rising. How can we constructively use shame (stick) to motivate fat people to lose weight? Below I will present my ideas. Use the word "fat" constructively by ensuring your tone is firm and serious. This will ensure the word "fat" and being fat is in bedded into the listener as a negative term. Thus allowing fat people to understand their condition is negative. Be a role model. Demonstrate to others how you are mentally in control of food, and how you choose to enjoy living the fat free life. Then give examples of where other "fat" people go wrong. After seeing a comparison like that, many people will see the dramatic difference between the two life-styles, and the shame associated with being fat, this should hit home that not just being fat, but the "fat life-style" is undesirable. Be proactive and deliver constructive fat warnings, nothing good should be said about being fat. If you observe loved ones becoming too fat, sit them down and explain your concern with a serious tone. You must let them know that what they"re doing is wrong. Always explain why you are being anti-fat. If you are talking "fat" then it must always come from a good place. You are talking about it because you care. Being too fat is becoming a common occurrence for too many. Many try diets and fail badly. Perhaps fat shaming isn't so bad after all. This is just a small list I've come up with, as I'm trying to be pro-active with helping fat people. Just imagine the list we could come up with, if society worked together to apply constructive shame to motivating fat people to lose weight. I will close with a small conclusion and give you something to think about. we have tried the carrot method, yet obesity is rising. Now the carrot has failed we must resort to the stick and that's why shaming fat people constructively is something we should consider. If we don't motivate them who will? Call it tough love.