Ebbie - I'm not sure I get your point. I don't go around being surly to people who are fat. I treat everyone equally regardless or anything. So it doesn't matter if I can't tell the difference.

People in the country, for the most part, chose the type of food they eat and how much they eat. Sure you can blame advertising and even the fact that some food places like McDonalds probably lie about how bad their stuff is, but it's still "caveat emptor."

I saw a recent news article on TV (don't remember the show, sorry) about how difficult it is to get good, healthy food to eat in the poorer ares of cities. Supposedly there are few grocery stores easily reachable yet there are tons of fast food joints. I can sympathize, but my life doesn't make it easy to get good food either. I use a bike and the bus to get around and it is 3 miles to the closest grocery store. But I grow my own vegetables and make the trip to the grocery store to get good stuff. I haven't eaten in a fast food joint other than Subway in probably 10 years.

If people eat too much stuff and eat mostly bad stuff that's their flippin' fault. Yet their health problems end up costing all the rest of us millions of dollars in increased health insurance costs and taxes (for those who are uninsured). How do you like the fact that you pay money every year to cover these expenses that could be prevented if people just had more self-control?

I'm not going to apologize for those statements. There's enough legitimate health problems in the world without people hurting themselves and them blaming others.

And once again, this has nothing to do with those people who have true medical reasons for being obese.