It's only logical, at least for Calabasas, CA.

In case you missed it, this is the city that has banned smoking outdoors. Since there is literally zero health or safety reason for banning it outside, the city managed to argue that smoking should be banned "to protect children from bad influences – seeing adults smoking."

That logic is based on the theory that smoking is a bad habit and should not be done by anyone because you're too stupid to know that it's bad for you. The exact same logic can be applied to food. If you eat too much, that's bad for you, and you're too dumb to know that or to NOT eat too much. Therefore we should ban the appearance of fat people in public (based on an idea from Dr. Walter Williams.

Ok, so let's set the banning rules. If there's going to be a law, we're going to have to codify it, aren't we? Let's start the discussion now, so we can get the correct law in place. Should be ban based on BMI index? Should physical appearance be based on height/weight measures? Perhaps there should be a simple list of 5 or 10 "fat items" and then if any person meets the criteria of, say, 5 of the 10 items, they are considered "fat," a bad influence on children, and are not permitted in public. How about a list:

1. Exposed rolls of fat between the pants and shirt or top in excess of 2 inches.
2. Any amount of skin protruding beyond the edge of tightly wrapped clothing in excess of 2 inches.
3. Anyone considered officially "fat" by the official government agency of fat, the CDC.
4. Anyone that has a BMI index exceeding 25.0.
5. Anyone who measures more around than tall.
6. Anyone who cannot wrap a towel all the way around their waist, but can hold the towel in place with their fat.
7. Anyone who eats McDonalds French Fries and Big Macs.
8. Anyone who eats movie popcorn butter.
9. Anyone who eats more than the USRDA of 2,000 calories per day.
10. Anyone whose ankle bones cannot be visibly seen from a distance of ten feet because they're obscured by fat.

So, will that do it? That's what the "Center for Science and the Public Interest" would like to see. After all, they are "proud about finding something wrong with practically everything."

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