The owner of a local gym chain managed to get himself two cover articles this month over his gym's TV ad campaign. They're insensitive, cruel, and very much to the point. Now, we all know that being cruel and abusive to fat people (there, I said it) is wrong, but the price for obesity is high and what if this is the way to motivate people?
I suspect that the real truth is these ads only get attention in a crowded market. I doubt they do any good for those who might be truly in need of it and only attract the business of those who already wrap too much of their self-worth in their body images.
Judge for yourself:
CDs listened to today:
- Roger Sessions: Suite From The Black Maskers
- Tricky: Pre-Millenium Tension
- Kevin Puts: Dark Vigil
- Various Artists: Project Human, disk 2
- Konono No. 1: Congotronics
- Alfred Schnittke: Symphony No. 8
- Esa-Pekka Salonen: L.A. Variations
- Candy Flip: Strawberry Fields Forever
- Chemical Brothers: Setting Sun
- Arild Plau: Concerto For Tuba And Orchestra
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