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hertz -> RE: UK Government 'wears clown nose and funny wig' shocker (11/13/2010 7:56:18 AM)
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ORIGINAL: TreasureKY
I'd be upset, too. The idea that the government has any business writing policy on what people should eat is ridiculous.
Not quite as ridiculous as being in the situation the US is in, where whole generations of fat kids are going to die fatter and sooner than their parents. Is it even possible to get insurance against Type 2 Diabetes any more? I think too, that you present the case in a slightly twisted way. It isn't government writing policy on what we eat, it's more government writing policy on public health. What food companies put in their food products is part of that equation, and a legitimate target, in my opinion.
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Aside from that, getting the "culprits" involved in developing the solution can be quite brilliant.
I don't think so. They'll just use the opportunity to pass the buck and the air of legitimacy being part of a policy group will lend their businesses as they buck-pass makes my blood run cold.
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Imagine the peer pressure there will be for these entities to make responsible contributions.
There will be no peer pressure. The CM conservatives will be along in a moment to explain why this is all the fault of the public. 'Fat people are fat because they eat too much, not because their diet has been poisoned by fat-mongers'. The poisoned food people all speak with the same voice.
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As they will be part of the process, none can assume the position of being persecuted.
I don't care if they feel persecuted. I just want them to stop selling shit as if it were food. In the case of McDonalds, there's literally shit in the food. It's not good enough.
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The best way to get rid of an enemy, is make him your friend.
There's something horribly wrong with that logic.
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