Mr.P's Challenge 2 #4

154. Anatole France said, "If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." On what subject do you disagree with most people, and why? (Northwestern).

Many people say that marriage is a foolish thing, yet so many people go ahead and get married. There are many things that are labeled as ‘foolish’ by other people, but it is still carried out on a daily basis, like marriage for example. I agree will the 50 million people who say that marriage is a stupid thing to do, although there are other things I disagree with. I disagree with the 50 million people who think that all hot and pretty girls are hot and pretty because they are thin. There are a number of things that are wrong with this statement.

I believe that everyone is different in their own ways and that is what makes everyone so unique. Looks are secondary according to me. It is the personality that matters most. If a person is extremely good looking but extremely arrogant and stupid at the same time I do not think I will want to spend a lot of time with him or her. I would want to ignore that person. Looks are just what you are from the outside, in the end it is always the inside that matters the most.  No matter how picture perfect you are from the outside, if you are ugly from the inside, your life will be messy. There are a lot of things that we are forced to conform to. The commercial world is behind most of it. Being thin is a concept that is forced upon us through advertisements and other means. It was not an idea that we had from the beginning. Therefore thinking that we are only beautiful if we are thin is stupid and foolish. I disagree with the 50 million people who think that if we eat too much and put on weight no one will want to date them.

Korea is one place where this idea of being thin plays a big role. A huge number of girls in Korea have done plastic surgery. Jobs are only offered to thin, plastic girls, who have conformed to this idea of being thin which has been adopted by many companies and businesses. This unfortunate situation in Korea should be dealt with immediately. The 50 million people who think otherwise are foolish. Why should one have to go through plastic surgery to get a job, if they already have all the qualifications that are required for the job? I disagree with the 50 million who think otherwise.