ddly incredible that society accepts the ridicule of fat people. Fat, gay, black, and whites alike are ridiculed equally throughout neighborhoods and the media alike. I sympathize with Coleman since I too am not the thinnest person around. However, I wont listen to an extremists pity potty about getting teased. To heir is human. Maybe the author needs to learn to be a bit more rash and forgiving of the unavoidable flaws that the everyday person is bound to possess, ...