Hey, you probably had a good reason. It s all okey dokey. In American society of the late twentieth century, tolerance, we are told, is the most admirable quality one can possess. Tolerance for everything, that is, except smoking obesity, and religion-based values. The public accepts the raunchiest, foulest, crudest toilet humor in mainstream movies, TV, and advertising aimed at kids, but if you re overweight you might as well be a leper in today s society.
Selective tolerance is really what it s all about.
With It Decade. JWR contributor Greg Crosby, former creative head for Walt Disney publications, has written thousands of comics, hundreds of children's books, dozens of essays, and a letter to his congressman. You may contact him by clicking here.