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mobility scooters are the things that piss me off the most though.
i understand people can become obese because they're disabled etc. i have no qualms with that.
the people who are obese because they're just purely lazy and can't be bothered to exercise and then get labelled alongside the above as also disabled - i just find it all wrong tbh. They can then hire a mobility scooter to drive themselves around a city centre because they're "disabled" when in reality they really can't be bothered to do something that is good for them and actually walk. these things take up a lot of space and will bloody hurt if they reverse over a child's foot.
i've got to be honest, i don't see many advantages of them over wheelchairs. there's a guy in work who has one, when he possibly doesn't need it. he's always messing around on it, getting in people's way, reversing so it can make the beep noises etc. i saw it abandoned last week and he was over the other side of the room standing up chatting to someone. he's not obese i must add, he has always had crutches, but is perfectly able to walk with them all day, but having this easier alternative of getting around possibly will turn him obese in the future because he's not getting the exercise he used to.
i can sort of agree with what brennan's saying. Obviously it's hard if your a big kid from a young age and it probably is the fault of the parent, but so many people can overcome that depression and lose the weight. there's a few guys who were in school with me and were massive, but now i see them and they've totally transformed themselves, these were guys who were bullied and depressed.
of course, everyone's different.
i just think there's two different meanings of obesity and i do think there are some instances where it shouldn't be labelled as a disability and that the personnel should not be given the same benefits, so to speak as others who can't really control it.
I think you've touched on the key issue there, mate: Just because plenty of people are obese, it doesn't mean that they're all the same. Some people are awful, lazy bastards. Others are suffering with various conditions.
But as others have said, how do you differentiate? Personally I'd always rather support too many people than too few, if you know what I mean. The thought of some lazy ted on a mobility scooter winds me up, but not as much as the thought of an overweight, depressed child killing themselves due to bullying and self-esteem issues (something I remember happening when I was younger).
It just irks me seeing people surmise the issue to "the fat bastards just need to go for a jog". It is not that simple and that kind of mentality is what leaves people in need in a situation where they don't get the help they need.