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Mar 7 21:04 UTC 2006

Lynne, you're slipping into emotion and further from logic. Your reference 
to men and women having different costs is one example, since by your 
previously stated rationale of states v. behavior you are comparing apples 
and orange. Gender is a state. No one disputes that. You assert obesity is 
also a state. Many dispute that. To mix the fruit metaphor further, now 
you're just cherry-picking. FWIW, I have friends and acquaintences who are 
fat or maybe even obese. What I posted on m-net applies here: I don't mind 
fat people at all, as long as they can pull their weight. But they don't 
get a free pass anymore than my alcoholic friends. I think you have failed 
to make your case that obesity is state and not a result of behavior. 
Certainly it is for some, and perhaps even you. But you haven't made a 
convincing case that is true for even a bare majority of overweight or 
obese people. And BTW, I don't oppose the anti-discrimination laws you 
mentioned. My "carb tax" would apply to people of all weights.