WE FAT PEOPLE BECOMING THE NEW "N" WORD! Thug Attack in UK!

[Fat Man]

This evening I just came across three NEWS articles published in the UK.

We fat people are becoming the new "N" word! An overweight woman was attacked by another passenger on a train, just for being fat!

Here is the first article from Mail Online - World News.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldne ... endly.html

World News

Woman passenger beaten by train thugs - for being FAT
By Julie Moult
Last updated at 9:21 PM on 19th October 2009


Abused: The attack on Marsha Coupe
left her with a black eye

A woman who claims to have been beaten up because she is overweight is campaigning to see discrimination against fat people outlawed.

Marsha Coupe, 53 was attacked on a train by a woman who began verbally abusing her for her size. "I was returning home one night on a train and a woman sat across from me started kicking me and said, Hey fattie! You should not be on the train, you need two seats", she said. Mrs Coupe, a marketing manager, was left shaken and badly bruised after the attack in May last year. "I had probably 30 to 40 bruises over my chest and my neck. I was terrified I was going to lose my eye."

London prides itself on being diverse yet there is almost a zero-tolerance on anyone of size.


Action: Marsha Coupe works on her campaign
to reduce weight discrimination

You cannot walk the streets without being verbally or physically assaulted.

The American who now lives in Hayes, Kent and weighs 22 stone was traveling home from London late at night in May last year when she was set upon. She has now joined forces with a group of other women to lobby mayor Boris Johnson to make the capital more fat friendly.

In the US city of San Francisco it is illegal to discriminate against people because of their size and the women are hoping to see similar moves introduced. Cinemas and restaurants have to provide larger seats, and doctors are even asked to "respect the wishes" of fat patients who do not want to discuss their weight.

The plight of overweight people in the capital was illustrated on a BBC documentary Inside Out aired last night. Eve Hart, 25, an emergency services phone operator from Ilford, Essex told how she was often turned away from nightclubs because she is overweight. "When you go out, you get ready and look your best, and then get abuse. I feel more embarrassed than anything for my friends than myself", she said.

Kathryn Szrodecki, an overweight presenter from Fulham, travelled to San Francisco in the documentary to research the law and is determined to make similar changes in London.

She says: "Mayor Boris, I have seen the law in action. I have my scales with me and I'm on my way to your office to begin the transformation of London."

And here is another News article from London Evening Standard.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/ ... ing-fat.do

Protect us from abuse, says
woman beaten for being fat
Anna Davis, Health
Reporter - 19.10.09
Overweight people in London have
launched a campaign to make the
capital more fat-friendly.

It comes after one woman was beaten up on a train for being fat. A group of women want to persuade Boris Johnson to make London more like San Francisco, where discriminating against fat people is banned by law.


Victim: Marsha Coupe was attacked on her way home

It comes after one woman was beaten up on a train for being fat. A group of women want to persuade Boris Johnson to make London more like San Francisco, where discriminating against fat people is banned by law. They will appear tonight in a documentary to highlight the problems they face. In BBC1's Inside Out, Marsha Coupe, 53, tells how she was travelling from Charing Cross to her home in Hayes, Kent, when she was attacked.

She said: "I was returning home one night on a train and a woman sat across from me started kicking me and said, Hey fattie! You should not be on the train, you need two seats!'." Mrs Coupe, a marketing manager, was left shaken and badly bruised after the attack in May last year. She added: "I had probably 30 to 40 bruises over my chest and my neck. I was terrified I was going to lose my eye. London prides itself on being diverse â?? it won the Olympics on such diversity, and yet there is almost a zero-tolerance on anyone of size. You cannot walk the streets without being verbally or physically assaulted."

Eve Hart, 25, an emergency services phone operator from Ilford, said she was often turned away from nightclubs because she is overweight. She added: "When you go out, you get ready and look your best, and then get abuse. I feel more embarrassed than anything for my friends than myself."

In San Francisco, every person has legal protection from size discrimination. Cinemas and restaurants have to provide larger seats, and doctors are even asked to "respect the wishes" of fat patients who do not want to discuss their weight.

But not everyone agrees with the restrictions. San Francisco-based Dr Dean Ornish said: "It's silly to talk about a law about the right to be fat. You have the right to be fat, the right to be sick, depressed and unhappy. You don't need a law to do that. The question is why would you want to be?"

Kathryn Szrodecki, an overweight presenter from Fulham, travelled to San Francisco in the documentary to research the law and is determined to make similar changes in London. She says: "Mayor Boris, I have seen the law in action. I have my scales with me and I'm on my way to your office to begin the transformation of London."

And finally, another article from BBC NEWS.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8314125.stm

Overweight 'should be protected'
Attacking someone for being
fat should be a hate crime,
campaigners say.


Laws in San Francisco aim to prevent
fat discrimination

They want so-called "fat-ism" to be made illegal on the same grounds as race, age and religious discrimination. A demonstration was held outside the offices of the mayor of London asking him to lead the way in making sure employers are not prejudiced. Protesters want the UK to follow San Francisco, where a law bans "fat-ism" in housing and employment and stops doctors pressing patients to slim down.

Sondra Solway, a San Francisco lawyer, said: "The San Francisco ordinance says you may want to mention weight to the patient but if the patient says they do not want to talk about that then you are asked to respect those wishes."

Size acceptance

In the UK, size is not a protected characteristic under discrimination legislation.

The campaigners, who belong to the Size Acceptance Movement, say surveys show 93% of employers would rather employ a thin person than a fat one even if they are equally qualified.

"People who are very overweight do
experience a lot of prejudice both in
their social life and working life and
do need some protection."

Dr Ian Campbell, Weight Concern

Kathryn Szrodecki, who campaigns on behalf of overweight people, said that in the UK fat people were stared at, pointed at, talked about and attacked. She said: "I have been discriminated against - I am a YMCA qualified fitness instructor, but I have gone for jobs and been laughed off the premises."

Another campaigner, Marsha Coupe, said: "I have been punched, I have had beer thrown in my face, I have had people attack me on the train. They say 'Move out of the way fatty! Well person coming down the aisle!'"

Ms Szrodecki said: "This is a very common event - someone being beaten up should be a crime. It is not about who you are or what you have done, it is just about the way you look. You are allowed to shame us just because of the way we look."

Dr Ian Campbell of the charity Weight Concern said he was doubtful that legislation would have any immediate effect on the situation. He said: "People who are very overweight do experience a lot of prejudice both in their social life and working life and do need some protection. We know that genetic and social reasons can lead to this very complex problem. For instance, people in inner cities are much more likely to be overweight because of poorer education, poorer housing and poorer job opportunities. Not everyone has a free choice about controlling their weight."

A spokesman for the Equality and Human Rights Commission said size was already protected by the legislation if it was caused by a disability: "Potentially human rights legislation would also cover people by protecting their right to work."

Yeah, it's getting worse out there.

We fat people are becoming the new "N" word!

[Earl]

Insecure people feel driven to attack others.

[Ray]

I wonder how much 22 stone is. It's hard to believe that discrimination could be a problem. I mean there's lots of fat people --everywhere. But if there is, I pity the fool that discrimates against fat people!

[Fat Man]

I wonder how much 22 stone is. It's hard to believe that discrimination could be a problem. I mean there's lots of fat people --everywhere. But if there is, I pity the fool that discrimates against fat people!

You can find a converter by doing a Google search.

Here is a converter at: http://www.calculateme.com/Weight/index.htm

So 1 stone is 14 pounds, and 22 stone is about 308 pounds. I weigh 400 pounds so that is 28.57 stone or 181.43 kilograms.

There is more of us fat people in this world than there are "normal" size people. Here in the USA, about 65% percent of us are overweight and over 30% percent of us are obese. At 5 feet 6 inches in height and 400 pounds, my BMI or Body Mass Index is 64.55 and anything over 25 is overweight and anything over 30 is obese.

Yeah! I also pity the fool who hates us fat people!

We are the majority now, so we are a force to be reckoned with!

That is, we would be a force to be reckoned with, but we fat people are not as physically aggressive.

The discrimination against us fat people is getting worse, and now, in the UK, we are subject to violent attacks. I remember the Jim Crow Laws back in the early 1960s when black people were discriminated against, and a black man was once beaten to death when he entered a restaurant.

There were protest marches and even riots back then.

We fat people should be marching in the streets demonstrating against the discrimination and the violence, and maybe even striking back.

But instead, we write letters to News editors. We react through letter writing campaigns, and talking on TV or radio talkshows, but nothing much gets done.

Maybe we should start rioting in the streets.

But we fat people are not as aggressive. Sometimes I think we are much too docile.

Yes, I do get bitchy at times. I get verbally sassy.

But like most fat people, I'm just not physically aggressive.

I'm about 230 pounds overweight, and when you're carrying more than 200 pounds of extra body fat, well, I guess that just sort of calms me down and take away the aggression.

That's why I'm such an easy push-over and I have allowed too many people to take advantage of me over the years.

Physically, I'm really not very strong, but I could still do a lot of damage if I were to get pissed off enough throw my weight around.

But I just can't seem to reach that level of aggression.

It's like we're trapped, and other people can do anything they please with us, and to us.

I guess the extra body fat sort of acts like a natural tranquilizer, taking away the aggression.

We are much too docile for our own good.