Alberta Newspaper Says It Fat Shamed Health Minister By 'Mistake'

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by northcrunk

What happened to "sticks and stone will break my bones but words will never hurt me"? How was it replaced by "words matter and your words hurt me so I am calling to police"

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

Its an interesting question, if you were an active addict you couldn't work in a rehab, if you are actively unhealthy can you be considered fit to be a health minister?

I'd consider her job more managerial than practical, so probably.

[northcrunk]

Ah so you can manage a rehab facility if your an addict. GOT IT!

[btimbit]

meh, I thought it was funny. Dumb, but funny

[taco.vidal]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

If the health minister was a smoker, would a newspaper be able to criticize or mention that or be chastised for it?

Being hugely overweight is a health problem and a health minister should exemplify healthiness. It's like if the environment minister drove a 1984 turbodiesel Mercedes or something. You kind of need to practice what you preach.

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

Its an interesting question, if you were an active addict you couldn't work in a rehab, if you are actively unhealthy can you be considered fit to be a health minister?

Theres a lot of doctors that are fat and smoke. Should they not treat patients?

[northcrunk]

Originally Posted by taco.vidal

Theres a lot of doctors that are fat and smoke. Should they not treat patients?

Depends. Are they the face of healthcare? And how many doctors actually smoke? I doubt your premise.

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

Being hugely overweight is a health problem and a health minister should exemplify healthiness. It's like if the environment minister drove a 1984 turbodiesel Mercedes or something. You kind of need to practice what you preach.

Wow. I am speechless. Especially when it comes to someone's health that no one her knows anything about.

[sketchyt]

[Burninator]

You can certainly debate how offensive it is, but I don't believe it was a mistake on their part. Intentional 'clever' headline for sure.

[Stormageddon]

Originally Posted by northcrunk

Depends. Are they the face of healthcare? And how many doctors actually smoke? I doubt your premise.

And if you had an overweight doctor, are you really going to look at them without judgment when they tell you your cholesterol is high?

[taco.vidal]

And how do you know she is unhealthy? Have you seen her medical records?

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Wow. I am speechless. Especially when it comes to someone's health that no one her knows anything about.

You're speechless because I said being hugely overweight is not healthy?

[Burninator]

Originally Posted by northcrunk

Depends. Are they the face of healthcare? And how many doctors actually smoke? I doubt your premise.

Depends? So where is the line of hypocrisy then? Nurse? Family Doctor? Surgeon? Head of Medicine at a Hospital? Or just her?

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

You're speechless because I said being hugely overweight is not healthy?

You are insinuating she isn't qualified for the job because of her weight. Read what you wrote 1000 times and tell me that's not what comes across.

[Ducay]

Maybe she identifies as a skinny person? Who are we to judge.

[PsYcNeT]

Originally Posted by northcrunk

Ah so you can manage a rehab facility if your an addict. GOT IT!

Well depends what you are addicted to. Coffee? Probably. Hallucinogens? Probably not.

I mean, the US just elected a non-politician to be their top politician, so who says we can't have an overweight health minister?

[Violator]

Originally Posted by northcrunk

Depends. Are they the face of healthcare? And how many doctors actually smoke? I doubt your premise.

Drs used to advise patients that smoking was good for you.

[llwhiteoutll]

Originally Posted by taco.vidal

And how do you know she is unhealthy? Have you seen her medical records?

You can see pretty clearly that she is obese, probably borderline mobidly so. Don't need medical records to show that.

[PsYcNeT]

Alberta Health needs to be broke down by someone from the outside! She's just the lady to do it, and all you establishment punks just can't stand the thought of a non-insider running things around here!

[Ducay]

When did fat shaming go out of style? Shouldn't we be encouraged to make healthy lifestyle choices? If someone was smoking 5 packs a day, wouldn't we be able to criticise them for making a bad choice and burdening the health care system?