I think there is more compassion for the plight of drug addicts than there is for the plight of food addicts. Your post reeks of that lack of compassion. But to answer each of your questions:
- Yes, all obese people are food addicts. It comes with the territory. If they didn't start out as food addicts, as the weight goes on, the more it becomes an addiction. Just like a drug user becomes more dependant as use grows.
- Sure, you can make fun of crack addicts. But that doesn't help them with their plight and only builds you up by tearing others down. If you get your jollies by kicking people when they are down, by all means....
I watched "Hungry for Change" last weekend and was talking to the people in my Overeater's Anonymous group about it... how parents don't give alcohol or cigarettes or other drugs to their children, but overload them on bad sugary, fatty foods. And once that addiction is in place, it is EXTREMELY difficult to get rid of. So I think an understanding of that plight, a tolerance and acceptance need to be made towards the obese.... it is incredibly hard to overcome and your scorn does not help.
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