Kelly McParland just released a wonderful column.
Trouble could arise when the patients has been run over by a bus, in which case the word “bus” could upset the victim. In such situations, emergency medical teams should try to be as soothing as possible: “It appears you’re a little run down, we’re just going to help you take it easy for a while, soon as we scrape you off the road.”
Read the rest to get the full picture of why this is being said. Although, you might be already be able to figure it out.
Furthermore, this article pertains to the use of the word "hell" in evangelism.
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The examples the columnist uses to mock the original no fat thing ignores the reason for the no fat thing. The reason why people do not like being called fat - even when they are is because it is used as a general insult, even to people who are NOT fat - like 'whore' is used to insult women, even when they have never had sex for money.
No one mocks a person who is losing their hair by saying 'you've got cancer' - or if they did they would be ostracised.
In addition fat is not a term a medical person should use as it is subhective
Personally I AM fat - I am not worried about pejoratives, but most people are not as robust as me. But I would expect a doctor to say obese.
We'll need to agree to disagree. People don't like being called fat, even when we are, because there's shame behind it. It's not taking care of your body (for the most part; as with most things, there are times when it is out of the person's control), and that's embarrassing. That's why people don't like being called fat.
And I think that many people would prefer to remain ignorant of many of their problems, taking them to their graves, rather than dealing with them.
Thanks for contributing a different point of view.
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