The F word

As much as I hate the Advertiser, I had to laugh at the, um... what do they call those posters in the wire frame with the paper's banner and one really big headline from that day's edition? Anyway, there was one tied to this story which read...

PLAN TO HELP FAT KIDS

...which I find just delightful. See, I've never considered the word fat to be offensive. While Ugly is considered derogatory, fat has no value judgment attached to it. Any negative connotation has to come from context. The word alone is not a slur. Fat is just so brilliantly descriptive. Someone with a weight problem could just as well be anorectic but when you say someone's fat, there's no grey area. Fat is fat. I just love saying it. Go on.. say it, like 20 times. It makes you happy.