Calling someone 'fatty' could become a hate crime in the UK
A report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Body Image and the Central YMCA recommended MPs should investigate putting "appearance-based discrimination" on the same legal basis as race and ****** discrimination.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/he...ate-crime.html
Sweet. Self esteem and trophies for everyone. No work needed.
BTW, is it a crime in the UK to call someone a bad name based on race, *** or religion? Can calling someone a name be a crime, let alone a hate crime?
Not in this case, but I hear you can get one for naming your Kid Muhammad.Originally Posted by Rattfink
Could they be thrown into a Polish death camp if they do?
Technically yes, but you're very very unlikely to be convicted of anything (or even reported, for that matter). If you commit or incite a crime based on prejudice, then you are likely to face a heavier sentence if convicted.
It's a bit of a grey area.
Yep. You can be arrested for tweets:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...fabrice-muamba
They say it is the very last minority bias to get rights.....after gays.
I call everyone fatass, even if they aren't, when they are moving slowly. Picked it up from a friend. Guess I'm in trouble.
LOL how self-deluded can you get?She said: "If there don't feel overweight, and there are no health indications, what's the problem?"
1. Fatties aren't the minority: They are taking over.
2. Donuts don't eat themselves. 90% of the time fat is a choice.
3. Where is the protection for the scrawny?
Try to make youself look unappetising...
They pretty much always much the choices that make them fat, so why can't be make the choice to make fun of their poor choices.
Wait i'm in America so why am I saying anything about this.
If anything they should be ridiculed further so they get some motivation to eat less and exercise.
Type 2 diabetes certainly doesn't discriminate.
So if one is not to use the term 'fatty', would something like 'light weight challenged/impaired' be a PC term?
True. But I suspect such statements will soon be outlawed as racist in the UK. Does that make any sense? No. But very little of this crap does anymore.
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