BCR
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- Jun 19, 2010
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- Libertarian - Left
The amount of Money America doles out due Obesity is ridiculous, so why can't this be used for justification of such a regulation?
Well don't look at me, I'm doing my part to fight obesity. I lost 33 pounds in three months on the Atkins diet. Buffin' up, baby.
My neighbor's weight problem is HIS problem.
I often side on government staying out of matter's such as what we eat, and at this current juncture I think they should remain idle. However, if this problem continues to grow I think the best course of action may be a sin tax. Obesity is more dangerous than Tobacco, and we implement a sin tax on tobacco so why would it be wrong to do the same for food that is high in sugar? The amount of Money America doles out due Obesity is ridiculous, so why can't this be used for justification of such a regulation?
LEAVE ME AND MY FAT ASS ALONE!! Ok. I'm not fat. I am amazed at the number of people who are. I wonder how they wipe their butts, seriously! You know they can't reach! Leave them alone! Why is everyone so freaking happy to give away choices in how they live their lives. It comes down to taking care of your own, however you see fit. If you're fat and don't like it, there are drugs, medical procedures, and behavior modification. If you're fat and like it, more power to you. Everyone, especially government, needs to clean their own house before trying to clean mine.
I would enjoy a Big Mac in their honor and then go running! Seriously, we could 'what if' all night if we wanted. All I am saying is worry about yourself and your family. Make sure they are the healthiest and happiest they can be.
"Obviously what we're all doing now isn't working." In my opinion, life is a series of 'butterfly effects'. What effect has, say, welfare had on obesity? The idea that I can have babies and have them paid for is tempting (not), but would do nothing to help my self-esteem and I would probably eat and not exercise, too. What else would I have to do all day?
(1) I agree completely about the horrors of genetically modified foods. For instance, can you even imagine the size of chickens Walmart uses? Have you seen the size of their chicken breasts?
(2) I have no idea what you mean by "this brainwashing". Do you mean, government telling us genetically altered food is good for us? If so, I do not put any merit in what government says is good or bad for me. I believe in my own life experiences, and in what my grandparents told/taught me when I was growing up.
(3) I do not understand why this is an issue for government - on the federal level. When the people have control over their environment (states rights), then this issue can be better discussed and better dealt with. I think people have become so fat because government got involved in the first place, going back to before the dust bowl. Government went around and left leaflets for farmers telling them it was ok to grow one crop season after season. It has snowballed since, and there is no government law, rule, regulation, that will MAKE people give a damn. You don't fix a crack with a bigger crack farther down the dike.
Obviously what we're all doing now isn't working.
Everyone has ignored a very important question I imposed earlier. That speaks for itself.
What would your thoughts be if you woke one day and 80-90% of all American adults were obese?
people should be learned how to live eating less.......
Exactly. In the very distant past people would eat when actually hungry. They would sit down and share a meal with their loved ones. Nowadays people eat because they're depressed. or they want excitement, or for any other conceivable reason not related to actual, natural hunger. You've been taught to love the stimulation of a crinkly wrapper containing crunchy and salty chips. You've been conditioned to crave those unhealthy sensations again and again and again.
Tomorrow there's this one excerpt I want to share about food. It revolves arounf the Allied forces and the Danish people, and how they had to conserve grain and return temporarily to a more traditional, healthy way of eating. In a nutshell their mortality rates dropped significantly. I would love to see that happen again.
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