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Originally Posted by Rcourt64
The Mississippi State House is proposing a law that would ban restaurants from serving fat people with a BMI higher than 30.
You could say that's no worse than laws preventing bartenders from serving another shot of whiskey to that guy who just chipped a tooth falling off his stool. right?
On the other hand, of course, an obese person is not going to use the opportunity afforded by an unnecessary plate of chicken to pinch the ass of the waitress? puke in the bathroom sink? take a piss next to your dumpster and ram into an oncoming car on the way home?
So there's really not much of a comparison.
More seriously though,
if it passes, will other states do the usual copy-cat policy?
and would it work? Wouldn't the nation's fat people, faces hot with the shame of being weighed publicly on a scale outside the Berns Steakhouse???  or simply drive straight to the nearest Krispy Kreme and pick up a few dozen chocolate to cool off?
or maybe hook up with your local corner crack dealer Maybe he's got a few cheese burger in his stash? 
http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/...020408.article |
Hmm. So they would ban serving ANYTHING at all to fat folk... encouraging them, perhaps, to only eat fat-back encrusted collards and fried chicken at home, I suppose.
There are a lot of interesting extrapolations that could be drawn though, should something like that ever be passed... For example, could a grocery store be legally restricted from selling whipped cream or ice cream to someone with high cholesterol or BMI?