Anti-anorexia
The French parliament is halfway there on passing legislation to prohibit advertisers, magazines, websites, etc. from encouraging extreme thinness. This is a reaction to the anorexia-related death of an acutely underweight fashion model. The French action follows Spain's move to ban stick-thin runway models with extremely low weight-to-height ratios.
Conceptually, of course, it's not a long way from legislation like this to legislation that discourages unhealthy activities on the other end of the body scale. Beer drinking, ice cream eating and snack foods gorging come to mind.



Comments
We can only hope that one day anorexic french models will be a thing of the past.
Posted by: bugeyedlittlefreak
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April 15, 2008 03:39 PM
As my uncle would say, " she better watch out fer a good wind will take her away."
Over course this problem of thinness is easy to overcome compared to the epidemic
Obesity we have in America and in this field Ark is a leader in putting on the pounds
and driving up the medical expense.
Posted by: eLwood
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April 15, 2008 03:48 PM
Maybe we should arrange to trade some of our Walmart shoppers for french models. If we don't, the imbalance might throw our planet out of its orbit negating this whole global warming discussion.
Posted by: bugeyedlittlefreak
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April 15, 2008 03:58 PM
Bring'em all to AR! A few pieces of fried chicken and a load of steak and tators will do them some good.
(is it just me or is this look a total turn off?)
Posted by: James
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April 15, 2008 04:04 PM
She looks wormy to me.
Posted by: clavis
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April 15, 2008 04:40 PM
Thin or fat, the government here couldn't dictate to newspapers and magazines, thanks be to Mr. Jefferson for the First Amendment.
Posted by: Casimer Pulaski
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April 15, 2008 04:58 PM
I like them long and lean, but even that gal is too thin for my liking.
And besides, she scares me!
Posted by: Earl
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April 15, 2008 05:14 PM
I tell you what... I'm tired at looking at all those educated, well-groomed and employed folks in them fancy magazines too.... its bad for my self esteem to compare myself to that ideal. Its just easier being dumb, smelly and unemployed.
Posted by: Oddball
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April 15, 2008 05:18 PM
Has to be photo shopped. No one is deliberately that thin to be put on display.
Posted by: Cato
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April 15, 2008 06:04 PM
Make me think of 2 things. 1st, if I was in my mid 80s and had served in the European Theater in the Army at the end of WWII, I might have some rest home memories of having sex with one of these women from Dachau. Not that it has ever been a dream of mine.
Which brings me to the 2nd thought. Allah blessed me with the amazing ability to put tons of weight on any woman I spend much time with. Yes, that's right, I could have indeed saved the life of Karen Carpenter. Though ways I've yet to understand I can pack 75 lbs on any woman thru some kind of osmosis. I also happen to like meat on women, so I am not complaining.....yet.
Here's where I start complaining. In the process of fattening up my beloved, I also somehow manage to kill their sex drive. So the end result is a fat and happy woman, too fat and happy to give a damn about sex. Forget Annie Sullivan, I am the Miracle Worker!
Off the top of my head I can't think of a single woman who has died from a sex addiction, so I guess I only get the fattening up medal. But if any of you know of an anorexic sex addicted woman hovering near death, for a small fee I will cure her in 6 months. Though I'm not a subscriber, I am the very milk of Christian kindness, don't ya know.
Posted by: Deathbyinches
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April 15, 2008 06:44 PM
None of you understand the heartbreak of anorexia and bulimia. I've been surviving both of these dread enemies for 25, er, 15 years.
Posted by: Louie
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April 15, 2008 07:54 PM
Off the top of my head I can't think of a single woman who has died from a sex addiction..<<<
True, but several of them got kicked out of public schools.
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Posted by: eLwood
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April 15, 2008 08:20 PM
eL - I think you're referring to the Kappa Sig house at the University in the 70's.
Posted by: Goof
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April 15, 2008 09:58 PM
Heaven help me, but the first thing I thought was "good Lord, somebody give that poor woman a pork chop."
But starvation like that does explain why those models always look so dour.
Posted by: Kat Robinson
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April 15, 2008 11:38 PM
Goof,
We called Kappa Sig "The Pharmacy" in the late 70s. I can't recall the reason.
Posted by: uncommon sense
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April 16, 2008 01:56 AM
kappa qualude?
Posted by: Zarathustra
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April 16, 2008 03:17 AM
I couldn't help but notice, Max, as I watched you arrive at work, that it appears you have successfully cured your bout with anexoria. I also couldn't help but notice this morning as I prepared for work, that I too have successfully cured my anexoria. Whilst I suspect that is all we have in common, I do send my congratulations on your whipping of this affliction.
Posted by: Al Fornaut
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April 16, 2008 08:07 AM
Or you and I cured our anorexia. How in the world does someone misspell the same word twice in but three sentences. Oh well, back to the DG where I deserve to work.
Posted by: Al Fornaut
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April 16, 2008 08:10 AM
Make no mistake this is as much about making "normal" women who could lose a few pounds feel better about themselves and their junk-in-the-trunk than it is about helping any models.
If they want to make us more healthy why not simply make the fat asses pay more taxes?
Posted by: mpan18
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April 16, 2008 09:24 AM
I think there is a link between obesity and being too damn poor to buy anything other
than *cheap* food. Beans, taters, cornbread, biscuits and gravy can pile on a lot of pounds,
if taken as a steady diet.
Posted by: jazzy
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April 16, 2008 11:31 AM
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