Quote: (09-18-2012 09:06 PM)Bacchus Wrote:
I'm of the belief that you cannot convince everyone with logic, especially people who consistently ignore reality. Even if they did accept your position, they won't change their behavior.
That's why you need to shame them with their most serious vice, their fatness. Seriously, just call them fat. Avoiding shame works as a damn good incentive for them to get to the gym.
It's not exactly logic that Durangotang advocates. It's logic with a rhetorical shiv.
Few people wish to be considered ignorant, lazy, or an addict.
He's not arguing against being fat - he's arguing against being ignorant, lazy, and an addict.
The people who cling to their fatness despite the arguments presented. Then it is just a matter of handing them the rope and watching as they hang themselves with it.
Wald