Sunday, June 03, 2012


Calling someone fat could be made a hate crime in Britain

"Obese" is OK but "fat" is not????
As playground taunts go, it must be the oldest in the book. But calling someone ‘fatty’ should be deemed a hate crime, MPs warn today.

The Government should consider putting ‘appearance-based discrimination’ on a legal par with race and sexual discrimination, a report by the all-party parliamentary group on body image suggests.

The Equalities Act 2010 makes it unlawful to harass, victimise or discriminate against anyone because of their race, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability.
Stop! Calling someone fat should become a hate crime on a par with racial or sexual discrimination, a new report suggests

Stop! Calling someone fat should become a hate crime on a par with racial or sexual discrimination, a new report suggests

The report, Reflections on Body Image, published today, recommends ‘a review into the scale of the problem of appearance-based discrimination’.

It says: ‘This may include exploring whether an amendment to the Equalities Act would be the most appropriate way of tackling discrimination.’

The report also calls for the NHS’s  controversial weigh-in for children to be scrapped because it wrongly labels many youngsters as obese and could lead to bullying.

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17 comments:

Anonymous said...

A shame it takes a law to try to make people at least civil to one another.

Anonymous said...

as usual liberals are more concerned with words than actions (such as violence).

Anonymous said...

actions speak louder than words

Anonymous said...

"Political correctness is a far greater threat to our freedom and liberty than is terrorism..."

Bird of Paradise said...

Annon 2:48 POLITICAL CORRECTNESS is a form socialism

Anonymous said...

1:02
laws against murder do not stop murder. How will civility come about with laws?

Anonymous said...

Well, those who would go as far as murder may be fewer in number than those who might be persuaded by laws not to be just rude to other people.

Anonymous said...

assnon 4:46

where does it stop? should it be a crime if you don't say "excuse me" after burping? why or why not?

Anonymous said...

Funny, they same liberals screaming about bullying and "hate speech" have no problem telling me "I hope you die" when I smoke outside.

Anonymous said...

11:46 keep your loud music to yourself moron.

Go Away Bird said...

Annon 11:46 if your going to use toilet talk then please FLUSH YOUR MOUTH

Anonymous said...

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20120603/toronto-police-eaton-centre-shooting-investigation-120603/

Shooting in Toronto, police too PC to release a description of a suspect. Guess its better to let people die than offend

Anonymous said...

What a beautiful smile you have. OOOPPS, a hate crime - I just made a comment about someone that is 100% 'appearance-based'. That must make everyone else around feel inferior. How hateful!

Kee Bird said...

I guess that means No more of the FAT LADY that make her appearnce when the oprea is over

Anonymous said...

All I see is some fools setting up children to be hauled to jail for typical schoolyard taunts.

Anonymous said...

"You evidently have a childishly chauvinist view of history, and probably of everything else!"

Hey, that's conservatism for you.

Flu-Bird said...

Hey can anyone rmemebr FATTY,FATTY TU BY FORE? and what about SKINNY & FATTY?