==The modern day view of obesity and the overweight== 

 Does anyone else find the reaction and regular vandalism done to this page facinating? It seems like such a minor, purely enviornmental thing yet its sparked so much hassle lately simply because of one picture and a couple of facts. 

 I think its a very interesting example of the modern world's general reaction to..putting it bluntly..fat people.  But its not just fat anymore...its even slightly overweight, chubby, husky...everything. I've personally never seen what the big deal is, but apparently if certain people take offense to something as simple as a picture of an overweight man in real life (to the point of constantly replacing it with something non-human), I think this really shows a deeply rooted social insecurity. 

 On a page for a Japanese animated thriller called Paranoia Agent that I worked on extensively, the young character of Shougo is an overweight child. When I was looking up information on this character to write for the profiles on the page, most commentary I heard on message boards and reviews was generally extremely nasty. Often times people remembered the names of even the most minor of characters yet this character was almost always referred to as "fatty" or "cow kid" or other rather deragatory statemens. I rarely saw his actual name mentioned often. Whats very sad is that in the show, the character is extremely sweet and well meaning. He even stands up for a kid who bullies him because he wants to understand why he's doing it. Yet many people dislike this character just because he "gets on thier nerves". Upon asking why he does often, a shockingly high number of people answered that his weight was a reason why. Despite the fact he was a sympathetic in the show many just hated him because of his build... 
 I have a good friend who's overweight, and he never tries to make exuses about that or dodge the subject. He just says he knows what he is and shrugs it off. He told me recently when we were thinking about this that he finds it really bizzare how so many people dodge the subject of his weight or the weight of others as if it were some incredibly derragatory thing. Name calling is one thing...but its usually the simplest things like what his favorite food is...or a sport that he may play. All really flat out weird reasons to be dodgy.I think it shows a shallowness and social development thats still rather new in today's society.  

 I don't know, I know its touched upon in this article and most know the reasons why..but I just think its interesting how its gone from socially unnacepted..to flat out near obsessive denial and insecurity over the matter by many...overweight or not.