"Right or wrong I think that people have less of a problem making fun of larger people because the perception is that they have a level of control over the problem."

Ok, so who's going to start with the Type II Diabetes jokes? No? How about lung cancer jokes?

What Susan has stated is absolutely true. These days the only people you can make fun of outright in society are fat people (I say that being one myself). Sometimes we get a little tired of hearing it.