> How many of us chortled at fat Augustus Gloop getting stuck in that pipe, or winced at the idea of witches posing as cashiers, or smiled deviantly at the vision of a ‘tremendously flabby’ old lady? And we turned out fine. We weren’t wounded, we didn’t become hateful.
I guess that you can say that "laughing about these specific fictional fat people" doesn't directly cause one to behave in hurtful ways towards fat real people. To me it still seems bizarre that the author decided to basically ask "Remember how we laughed at fat people and how good that was?" right before stating as fact that noone was hurt in consequence of any of the stuff in the book.
felurx|3 years ago
> How many of us chortled at fat Augustus Gloop getting stuck in that pipe, or winced at the idea of witches posing as cashiers, or smiled deviantly at the vision of a ‘tremendously flabby’ old lady? And we turned out fine. We weren’t wounded, we didn’t become hateful.
I guess that you can say that "laughing about these specific fictional fat people" doesn't directly cause one to behave in hurtful ways towards fat real people. To me it still seems bizarre that the author decided to basically ask "Remember how we laughed at fat people and how good that was?" right before stating as fact that noone was hurt in consequence of any of the stuff in the book.