PC Pinheads Want to Ban the Word 'Obese' So As Not to Offend Fat Kids

Forget about losing the language. We long ago lost it. But now it's just getting downright stupid. We've gone and used various terms to avoid calling fat people fat and here in America we've got the First Lady running around spending ungodly sums of money on some battle against obesity so we can still use the term here. But over in Britain they've lost all sense of reality and are now afraid of offending the little chubsters and chubettes so they now want to use the term unhealthy weight.

In an age of widespread political correctness almost any term can be deemed to offend someone at some time.

But one council has been condemned after it announced it would consider banning the word 'obese' because it could offend fat children.

Town hall bosses want to want to replace it with the phrase 'unhealthy weight' so children are not stigmatised.

The move has caused fury among parents and anti-obesity campaigners who have branded the scheme 'preposterous and laughable.'

But health campaigners say they are concerned it will lead to the issue of obese children not being taken seriously enough.

The proposal was made by a group of 90 schoolchildren taking part in the Liverpool Schools' Parliament when the council asked them to come up with a variety of ideas as part of its Children and Young People’s Plan (CYPP).

Now Liverpool Council will formally consider the proposal to drop the word from all local authority schemes and strategies aimed at improving the health of children. Tam Fry of the obesity prevention charity the Child Growth Foundation, said: 'If you’re obese you’re obese. 'I can see where the children are coming from and the word carries a stigmatisation but unfortunately some times schoolchildren have to be taught the realities of life.

If these nitwits don't think kids are going to be stigmatized and ridiculed, let them spend 10 minutes on a playground. Ridicule can be a powerful motivator.

This comment at the link nails it.

If all these "offensive" words are banned, we'll end up with a two word vocabulary, Yes, No and pointing. But thinking about it, even No has a negative connotation!

PC madness strikes again!

Thanks to Hot Air for the link. The commenters have some suggestions for proper terms so as not to offend anyone.