Mississippi: New bill would make it illegal for restaurants to serve the obese

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Seriously.... #######? Obese Police?

No joke - you would think that being a foot patrol officer, physical fitness is kind of important to job performance.

I mean you don't see firefighters like that... why should beat police be any different.

Edited February 2, 2008 by Number 6

[panamania79 2]

Hey if we can deputize cops as immigration officers, we can also deputize 16 year old McDonald's employees as registered nurses.

Around here,they are not deputized,they take it upon themselves to ask for green-cards when doing routine traffic stops.The police here are forever getting in trouble for racial profiling.

Where are you?

About a 4 hour drive from you in Rhode Island.My aunt lives in Hackensack.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Hey if we can deputize cops as immigration officers, we can also deputize 16 year old McDonald's employees as registered nurses.

Around here,they are not deputized,they take it upon themselves to ask for green-cards when doing routine traffic stops.The police here are forever getting in trouble for racial profiling.

Where are you?

About a 4 hour drive from you in Rhode Island.My aunt lives in Hackensack.

They ask for green cards in RI? Wow...

[Cassie 8]

*makes mental note to avoid Mississippi*

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

I've seen beat police officers in NYC who shall we say... look like they'll have a heart attack if they get pulled into a foot chase.

Other than cadets there are no physical fitness standards for cops in NYC. Oh dear... we may offend someone.

Thank the ADA

[panamania79 2]

Hey if we can deputize cops as immigration officers, we can also deputize 16 year old McDonald's employees as registered nurses.

Around here,they are not deputized,they take it upon themselves to ask for green-cards when doing routine traffic stops.The police here are forever getting in trouble for racial profiling.

Where are you?

About a 4 hour drive from you in Rhode Island.My aunt lives in Hackensack.

They ask for green cards in RI? Wow...

Check this one out:

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geu9L1f6RHJHEB...SQ.2c7d941.html

*makes mental note to avoid Mississippi*

I hear that !

[panamania79 2]

I've seen beat police officers in NYC who shall we say... look like they'll have a heart attack if they get pulled into a foot chase.

You should see some of Providence's finest.We have a Dunkin'Dounuts on every corner and their always there.

[Krikit 1,163]

According to the lawsuit, Chabot pulled over a van operated by Carlos A. Tamup because Tamup had failed to use his turn signal when changing lanes.

They'd have to pull over every resident in Florida if they worked down here. NO ONE uses their turn signals. INCLUDING the police.

I've seen beat police officers in NYC who shall we say... look like they'll have a heart attack if they get pulled into a foot chase.

I know! That always boggled my mind.

[Mags 112]

Seriously.... #######? Obese Police?

No joke - you would think that being a foot patrol officer, physical fitness is kind of important to job performance.

I mean you don't see firefighters like that... why should beat police be any different.

I think he meant police who "police" the obese. "Obese Police". Not fat police officers...cause we KNOW they exist...

[Krikit 1,163]

Oh. And as for the bill.... . One almost hopes for it to pass... just to see the fallout.

[Reba 2]

I mean you don't see firefighters like that... why should beat police be any different.

We do around here! A couple of years ago a firefighter dropped dead on the front lawn of a burning house because he'd had a massive heart attack. The family of the dead firefighter tried to sue the home-owner for wrongful death because it was found to have been arson that started the fire. Photos of the firefighter showed him to be rather rotund and out of shape. I do believe the suit never made it to court.

Our firehalls here are full of overweight and obese "public safety" officers. They pull double duty here, police and firefighter.

[Mags 112]

Talking of firefighters, there was a cat stuck in a really tall and very large tree across the road from us a couple of days ago. The owner called the fire dept and out they came. Fire truck pulled up and three firefighters walked towards this tree. No ladder - which I though was odd. Then one of the firefighters literally just climbed this tree like a monkey, grabbed the cat (who gave no resistance) and climbed down. It took no more than ten seconds and the cat was pretty high up too.

I admit I was applauding from inside the house cause I was really impressed by this firefighter's tree climbing skills, he made it look SO easy.

Yay for firefighters!

P.S. He wasn't fat.

[DeadPoolX 9]

Two points...

1. Who defines what obese is? According to the medical community, practically everyone is obese or at least, overweight. If you go by the BMI (which is notoriously inaccurate, since it fails to take into account the differences between body type, fat and muscle), then we'd have very few people who would fit into the category of "healthy."

2. Why does anyone even care if someone "eats themselves to death" anyway? It's not like the U.S. has government-run healthcare, where everyone chips in with their tax money to pay for others. It's privatized, so if someone eats so much they need a coronary bypass, then that's their issue; not mine or yours or the government's problem.

[Kazan' Tiger 1]

I definitely feel that police officers and fire fighters should be given some sort of physical /stress / fitness test periodically to be certain they are in shape enough to handle their duties. If they are found incapable, they should be pulled from active duty and required to make adjustments within a period of time. We pay these civil servants from our tax dollars to assist us in crisis (not the other way around). Minimum fitness standards need to be in place. I know some jurisdictions already require annual assessments.

[Kazan' Tiger 1]

As for point 1, I agree. It needs to be determined by body fat level, if you ask me. As for point 2, law suits! There are people now suing because fast food joints, "Made" them get fat.

Two points...

1. Who defines what obese is? According to the medical community, practically everyone is obese or at least, overweight. If you go by the BMI (which is notoriously inaccurate, since it fails to take into account the differences between body type, fat and muscle), then we'd have very few people who would fit into the category of "healthy."

2. Why does anyone even care if someone "eats themselves to death" anyway? It's not like the U.S. has government-run healthcare, where everyone chips in with their tax money to pay for others. It's privatized, so if someone eats so much they need a coronary bypass, then that's their issue; not mine or yours or the government's problem.