Some bioethicist suggests that "shaming" can be used to "curb" obesity. You know, of course, that "shaming" is another word for bullying, harassment, and so on. So now America is being asked to combat evil obese people with roaming gangs of self-righteous modern day Pharisee-equivalents, all deploying a wide range of anti-social tactics to enforce compliance with their beliefs?
What could POSSIBLY go wrong with that idea?
Fat-shaming may curb obesity, bioethicist says
Unhappy with the slow pace of public health efforts to curb America’s stubborn obesity epidemic, a prominent bioethicist is proposing a new push for what he says is an “edgier strategy” to promote weight loss: ginning up social stigma...
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