Comments on: Shaq Attacks Fat Kids

By: The Rotund » Guest Blogger Jess: Filthy Habit

The Rotund » Guest Blogger Jess: Filthy Habit — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:20:28 +0000

[...] have so much stock footage of headless fat bodies, and they already paid for the first season of Shaq’s Big Challenge! And besides, nothing sells magazines like moral [...]

By: girlintheshower

girlintheshower — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:02:45 +0000

Ok, I completely agree that it is not right to humiliate kids. The idea of this show is a bit over the top. Also, kids are still growing. If they are chubby now and loose 20 lbs, what happens when they have a growth spurt? Many kids need those extra pounds. On the other hand childhood obesity is a growing problem, and it does pose a health concern. I think they are just going about this the wrong way. What about better physical education and health programs in school?

By: Yellowhammer

Yellowhammer — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:01:31 +0000

What’s really sad is parents had to sign up for their children to be publicly humilated on national television.

By: kateharding

kateharding — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:52:10 +0000

Everyone: hee hee.

Laura and Jess, you are so right on. Especially about enlisting MeMe. Heh.

By: thecynicalgirl

thecynicalgirl — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:54:18 +0000

I’ve got one word: Kazaam!

By: spinsterwitch

spinsterwitch — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:45:25 +0000

Great! Visiting kids with cancer is no longer enough publicity for sports stars, now they have to pick on actual healthy children.

By: Jess

Jess — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:02:17 +0000

Laura, brilliant idea. Get me MeMe Roth on the line!

By: sweet machine (laura)

sweet machine (laura) — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:32:42 +0000

I think we should all write letters of protest, demanding that they not allow an obese spokesperson like Shaq to indoctrinate our children!

By: meowser

meowser — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:18:33 +0000

“I hope it gets people talking about the issue”? Boy, I want a 6-foot-square piece of that rock they’re living under.

By: Thorn

Thorn — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:17:39 +0000

What, did Shaq find that his adult life didn’t offer enough opportunities to bully those damned fat kids he hated so much in school? Perhaps adult fatties just weren’t getting his school-bully juices flowing, what with all that crazy-high self-esteem that fat adults tend to have. No, he’s got to find actual school kids to tear down now?

Seriously, this is disgusting. And what a mixed message! “Kids, there’s no bullying allowed in school,* so we’ve asked Mr. O’Neal here, with his incredible physical, financial and social advantages, to take go onto TV with some school kids to do your bullying for you.”

* Not that such rules do much to actually keep it from happening.