For those of you who haven’t been following, the French government has decided to step in and protect people from themselves. That’s right the slippery slope of “saving” ones self from them self has been a daunting task throughout history, and it never solves or addresses the real problems, hold on I’m going to repeat this in capitals so it looks like I’m yelling…

IT NEVER ADDRESSES THE REAL PROBLEMS!!!!

If you are eating you might want to finish chewing before I finish this sentence, the French government has decided to fine websites and magazines up to 71 thousand dollars and even possibly jail time for encouraging extreme thinness. Meanwhile obesity another monumental physical and psychological problem has all worked itself out… ohh wait… while I don’t want to make light of the situation that these people have and are going through, I want to make the point that we have these issues on both sides of the equation. Overweight and obese people on the other hand won’t have their problems magically disappear because you started fining Pizza Hut and McDonalds.

Reactionary laws are about as useful as telling kids don’t look at that hole in the fence there are naked people in there. Sure you feel good about yourself for doing your duty to protect the kids, but there is still a freaking hole in the fence. Naturally my crude analogy doesn’t even begin to compare to the complexities of this problem, but you catch my drift. I don’t have all the answers to anorexia or obesity. I do have my own firsthand account of knowing somebody who is gorgeous, who believes they need breast implants and lose 5 pounds, then and only then will she be “pretty”. I could blame magazines but then again I would also be letting clothing manufactures off the hook for creating a dress size called zero, or making clothes different sizes depending on the stores. I never even knew this until I went shopping with an Ex a few years back, it was kind of sad and funny at the same time. Certain stores sell medium sized clothes in the large section and large clothes in the extra large section. If I hadn’t known any better I would have gotten a complex just watching the sheer ridiculousness of it all.

If I sat down here long enough I could probably come up with a whole list of people to blame starting with Barbie, fashion designers, music videos, actresses, singers, record companies, directors, porn, religion, relationships, men, women, friends, fat friends, skinny friends, pretty friends, and yourself. That’s right the mirror doesn’t lie, we as a society need to take responsibility for our short comings and issues. Instead of looking for scapegoats nothing will be solved until you accept yourself. I have decided I don’t need the government to tell me someone is too skinny, if your breasts look like a dimple above your ribs maybe it’s time to say yes to extra cheese on your whopper. If you need a table all to yourself so you can have room for your breakfast’s breakfast, skinny supermodels on a magazine cover is the least of your worries just ask France.

update: it would appear that my copy and paste from word missed the “paste” part sorry, here is my complete rant.