Comments Mark Hadfield has made
Perhaps there is something to this analogy...
Quoting from Andrew's original post:
"It seems to me that best way to address the obesity epidemic is to convince people to consume fewer calories. Similarly, the best way to address climate change is by reducing carbon dioxide emissions."
Er, how do you plan to convince people to consume fewer calories? By nagging?
Er, how do you plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions? Nagging again?
It won't work in either case, but it makes the nagger feel superior to the naggee.On The parallels between accepting obesity and ignoring global warming posted 1 year, 10 months ago 71 Responses
Trying again
My brief "anorexics" comment above seems to have slipped under the radat, so I'll try again.
Unlike several other commenters, I really hate your analogy, because the differences between the analogy and the thing being analogised (?) are significant and this can lead the discussion down irrelevant directions (like this one).
All the people you know who have lost large amounts of weight may be ecstatically happy, Andrew, but at least one person I know is lucky to have escaped alive. Your later statement that people who decide to live with obesity rather than struggle against it are making a lifestyle choice is...well...it's not exactly wrong, but to my mind it's rather dismissive. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but you sound like you have no idea what you're talking about.On The parallels between accepting obesity and ignoring global warming posted 1 year, 10 months ago 71 Responses
Fat earthers
"I've never met someone who's lost a lot of weight that isn't ecstatically happy with the results.."
How many anorexics do you know?On The parallels between accepting obesity and ignoring global warming posted 1 year, 10 months ago 71 Responses