Sunday, 14 September 2014

'Fat shaming' does not help people lose weight, experts say

"Fat shaming' does not help people lose weight", says expert


 yeah sure, and  ...

"fat-acceptance (apologetics) does not help the obesity / health crisis", says anyone with half a brain
    •    Fat acceptance movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    •    6 Things I Don’t Understand About The Fat Acceptance Movement | Thought Catalog
    •    6 Things I Understand About the Fat Acceptance Movement | Jes Baker (delusional, ignores the problem)

small minds and corrupt manipulators always frame a debate as:
“one dimensional extreme A > versus > one dimensional extreme B”

its the insidious use of the highly subjective / judgmental term "shaming" that is most interesting

adds zero to the informed debate

meanwhile in the west:
    •    public health costs skyrocket
    •    there is a massively profitable “private health industry” supported by the millions of fat unhealthy people
    •    expenditure on so called health “services” now out-strips solutions research by 500-600 %

so  if there is any outrage and shaming over the topic of obesity - how about harnessing it to pursue massive class action litigation against those who should really bear bear the responsibility ( ? ), ie:
    •    insidious, money-grabbing, cynical food companies
    •    corrupt and incompetent health authorities and health sector professionals

Obesity rates soar in Australia, a global survey reveals



Obesity rates in Australia and New Zealand have soared by more than 80 per cent in the past 33 years, the biggest increase in a groundbreaking survey of almost 200 countries.










Monday, 1 September 2014

Ricky Gervais in hot water over Jennifer Lawrence nude photos joke

Ricky Gervais in hot water over Jennifer Lawrence nude photos joke



Ricky Gervais has defended "free speech" after he was accused of blaming the celebrity victims of a nude photo hack for the online theft.

"Celebrities, make it harder for people to get nude pics of
you from your computer by not putting nude pics of yourself on your
computer," Gervais wrote in a tweet which he then quickly deleted.

Actor and comedian Ricky Gervais.
Controversial comments: Ricky Gervais. Photo: Getty
Many social media users took the British comic to task for
"victim blaming" celebrities such as actor Jennifer Lawrence and model
Kate Upton, who were among 100 stars to have photographs stolen and shared on the internet.

A lawyer for Upton has announced she will join Lawrence in
taking legal action against those sharing the images, which began
circulating on the internet forum 4chan.

"We intend to pursue anyone disseminating or duplicating
these illegally obtained images to the fullest extent possible," lawyer
Lawrence Shire said on behalf of Upton.

Some suggested Gervais was not in a position to criticise.

Gervais defended himself, writing: "of course the hackers are
100% to blame but you can still makes jokes about it. Jokes don't
portray your true serious feelings on a subject".

Gervais then took aim at his detractors, arguing : "It's more
important to spend your energy trying to stop actual bad things than to
run around trying to stop jokes about bad things."

He defended offence as "the collateral damage of free speech" and mused on the difficulties of defending freedom of expression.

The comedian also retweeted a sarcastic post about the ready availability of pornography.

In other news, Gervais has made it extremely easy to share a
suggestive image of himself, taking a picture in his bath and tweeting
it to his 5.9 million followers.