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 Overweight Protesters Slam Fitness Club's Ad | | By: Phantom | Published: 02/20/1999 | | |  |
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SAN FRANCISCO
(Reuters)
- About 25 overweight
protesters picketed a San
Francisco fitness club Monday to
protest
against a new billboard claiming that, when space aliens finally
do encounter humans, ``they will eat the fat ones first.''
``I can't believe that a gym would have so little concern about
the health of people,'' said protest leader and author Marilyn
Wann, whose book ``Fat!So?'' seeks to challenge social
stereotypes about fatness.
``I represent the 97 million Americans who are fat. We're 55
percent of the population, it's really not safe to
alienate us
because we might just sit on someone,'' Wann told KCBS radio.
The protesters were angry at 24 Hour Fitness for a new billboard
above a city freeway that depicts a leering, alien face and
carries the message ``When they come, they will eat the fat ones
first.''
The fitness chain, which runs gyms throughout the western United
States as well as in Asia and Europe, said it had not meant
to offend anybody with the advertisement.
``We all know how hard it is to lose weight,'' the
company said
in a written statement. ``Sometimes humor helps make things
easier, and can even be motivational.''
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If the rule of you are what you eat is true then the fat ones will taste better.
After all, they will not be tough, they they will have eaten foods that are good but not good for you (like fried chicken) and of course the will be well marbled and self basting.
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