by Enigma869 » Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:31 am
Good for Lisa Marie for firing back at the media! Her dad was probably the most hounded person in the history of media, and she's well aware of how poorly he was portrayed, at the end. She's pregnant and had no makeup on. So what? I can tell you as someone who watched my wife completely blow up (and my wife is a smaller woman) when she was pregnant with our son...IT HAPPENS!
The reality is that even if she had gained weight, it doesn't make it okay to ridicule her here, or anywhere else. I've always been astonished that everyone seems to think it's okay to openly blast people who are overweight. It's the only affliction I've ever seen where people openly ridicule a person for a condition they're battling! To me, it's really no different than ridiculing someone who has cancer or another disease. I realize many people think it's as simple as people are eating too much and not exercising enough, but the reality is that it isn't always that simple! Even if it were, it still doesn't make it right. It's analgous to suggesting that it's acceptable to criticize someone with lung cancer, because they brought it on themselves, from smoking cigarettes!
John from Boston