pharma pushed fat laws

Like many western women, Clothilde is overweight. She has tried a variety of diets since her teens – all of which resulted in her gaining more weight than ever –and now that she is 48, menopausal, and totally accepting of her size and personal power she is gobsmacked that legislation is being proposed prohibiting restaurants and food establishments from serving food to obese customers.

"It's happening in Mississippi," says Clothilde, "but don't heave a sigh of relief if you don't live there because it won't be long before it's happening where you live, too."

"Take a look at the background of the guys proposing this bill and you'll understand what it's really all about," explains Clothilde. "The three stooges are Representative W.T. Mayhall, Jr., a retired pharmaceutical salesman; Bobby Shows, a businessman; and John Read, a pharmacist."

"Don't tell me that these guys haven't got a financial motive for pushing this bill?" asks Clothilde. "A pharmacist, a businessman and a pharma salesman together have the requisite qualifications and experience needed to set up and run yet another pharmaceutical business aimed at forcing us fatties to ingest bitter pills rather than delicious food."

"What are these guys doing in government pushing their own barrow?" asks Clothilde. "Okay, we all know that some politicians are businessmen on the side, profiting from whatever self-serving law they manage to get enacted – or self-serving war they manage to foment – but it really sticks in your craw that such guys get elected in the first place."

"Hey, people of Mississippi, did these guys tell you what they had on their mind when you elected them?" asks Clothilde. "I'm not just appealing to all the obese voters in Mississippi but to all the restaurants and food establishments, too, because the proposal is that these businesses are going to be monitored for Fat Law compliance by the State Department of Health and violators will have their business permits revoked.”

“Nasty."

"I think most fat people are going to be thinking just like me,” laughs Clothilde. “Put us in prison for disobedience if you like – but you'd have a hard job finding a prison big enough for us big people!"

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