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Originally Posted by glenluceskies
My daughter told us recently the latest word to be banned at her school is "fat" - in any context - whether you are describing a person or an object - any context.
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Dear, oh dear!!!
What next? You're not allowed to describe someone as blond or brunette? Bald or hairy? Left or right-handed, in case it offend?
Words only becomes offensive if used in an offensive manner/contaxt, in a way to deliberately ridicule, hurt or belittle.
In and of itself...the word fat has every right to be used as a way of describing something that's 'overweight' as any other word.
I think the problem with using terms like 'obese' is that it somehow gives it a scientific 'neutrality', which makes the subject being discussed somehow more palatable...
But as in a lot of this PC-ing...that can do more harm than good. We end up talking around the subject instead of tackling it head-on with the language which we all understand and carried more 'punch'. Fat is not a good way to be. I'm a little fat these days and that's how I describe myself. I don't look to sugar coat the condition. Fat is fat!!! The word hits home with me...and I feel the urge to do something about it when I describe myself that way.
Now, if I described myself as moderately obese....well, I'm inclined to feel a little shielded from the blow of reality. It's like the language has distanced me from the reality of my state, if you know what I mean?
It's all BS and ridiculous.