Your opinions on this one would be appreciated. Just want to know which party in the case would you choose and why. How can you back up your answer? Any other opinions or thoughts most welcome! Thanks for the help!
2006-10-05 09:45:01 · 29 answers · asked by Jesse 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Its not fair because you are not forced to eat it.
You could go somewhere else, and get something that's not poisonous, and might have a chance of having a little nutritional value.
The food giants are not interested in your health, they are only interested in your money. The various preservatives and chemicals in junk food are designed to make you want to eat more, so that you buy more.
You can loose weight by eating a healthy diet. If you eat plenty of fruit, and fresh vegetables, then you will not want to eat other stuff, and will lose weight. And not only that, but you will be far healthier too.
If you avoid processed foods entirely, then you will lose weight.
If you avoid meat, and eat a vegetarian diet, your body will adjust to its natural weight, and you will experience vibrant health.
Junk food hoax
http://www.whale.to/b/junk.html
2006-10-06 21:07:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok first of all I am a larger person, who has in the past eaten fast food ( i don't now though) and i would never even consider sueing any company for MY getting fat. The reasons are simple it just isn't right, because they didn't force that person to go to the place and buy anything, and even if for some reason they want to argue that they did by chance have NO choice in buying the food, they did NOT have to consume it. The choice to consume anything is up to the individual, and not the owner of the company. I am pretty sure that NO ONE had a gun, or knife to this persons head, and was threatening them bodily harm if they didn't eat the food from that fast food place. In my opinion the one being sued is in the right for those plain and simple answers.
2006-10-05 17:08:53 · answer #2 · answered by SAW3.5 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, i dont think so. People were made to have brains and make the correct decisions on his or her own. Do not blame the way the world works now-a-days because of your dis-benefit. People use different ways to make money, it is like sewing a bank because they made your feet tired from standing in line. Makes no absolute sense. The same way if a person becomes obese because of eating burgers all the time and they choose not to exercise. Now, it is relatively different because a bank benefits and theres a difference bween what benefits and what does not however, fast food places do actually benefit with their fattening foods. THEY give people energy that is needed when they are hungry. It is a faster way of access to food as well. Supersizing these menus are not of benefit to people but it is how people make a profit now-a-days. People do things even though they are aware of the consequences. Kinda like a liability. If you enjoy doing it or it benefits, then there is really no second thought to it.. IS there? The same way ppl choose to undergo surgery, they know the risks of having a fraud doctor, but they want to look better. So they do it anyway. what happens if it looks badd.. some ppl think this is a just reason to sew, but if the doc. is a proffesional and u do not like the job done, who are you to sew him? You chose to trust him and he did the best he can...u should ahve just left your body alone. Thats how i see the whole situation.
2006-10-05 17:03:01 · answer #3 · answered by riley715 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't feel that anyone should be allowed to sue a fast food company because they are over weight or in poor health. No one from the fast food place told them to eat their food all the time, or how ever often "they" chose to. We all make our own decisions on the things we eat and don't eat. If a person is unhealthy and they chose to eat the wrong foods then they are the one to blame. Not the companies that are selling the food.
2006-10-05 16:49:15 · answer #4 · answered by wilsonhutchison04 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fair? Well, seeing as the fast food chain isn't required to divulge the ingredients of it's food, or the nutritional information, how are people supposed to make an educated decision? Also, I think most fast food chains actually have the funds on hand to deal with a few lawsuits, whereas the obese people rarely have the funds to deal with their condition. So, yeah, it's almost fair. Now, is it right? Fact is, most severely obese people would end up severely obese, with or without fast food, they would find a way to eat themselves to death. Blaming it on the fast food chain is a moot point.
2006-10-05 16:56:34 · answer #5 · answered by Boo-shniggins 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont feel it is fair. Fast food restauraunts provide a service that we can either accept or pass up. We are responsible for our decisions and choices. If they lied about fat content or calories etc... that is an entirely different issue in which the fast food companies should be held accountable. Otherwise if we choose to eat fast food,we chose to deal with the consequences-point blank.
2006-10-05 16:50:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seems ridiculous to me! I can see suing tobacco companies, since they put addictive additives in just to hook people. But fast food is no more addictive than chocolate or potato chips. People CAN choose salads and health foods instead.
They should be required to have clearly stated nutritional values, though, just like on packaged foods. But most people wouldn't read them anyway.
Some people buy big cans of lard, too. Should it be outlawed? I happen to be a health conscious vegetarian and don't eat any of that stuff--- but everyone should be able to make their own choices. Just about anything that's sold can be abused.
2006-10-05 16:58:17 · answer #7 · answered by Rani 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I do not think it's fair because the fast food company isn't making them eat the food, the customer is making their own decision to eat the food. They don't have to eat alot of the food either, so that's their fault. I don't think the person who is suing the company would win anyway because the company doesn't make you fat or make you have poor health, the person does.
2006-10-05 16:54:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although several attempts have been made to my knowledge they were all dismissed as without merit. If you are eating to excess and making poor food choices you would have to be living under a rock not to know that those choices will result in overweight and its increased risks of high blood pressure and diabetes. It amazes me that someone can eat a whole box of spaghetti and then wonder why they are fat. But then it also amazes me that some can eat the same box of spaghetti and not be fat, so maybe there are a few things we have left to learn before we write people off as lazy and stupid fat people who only have to stop eating so much to lose weight.
2006-10-05 16:53:01 · answer #9 · answered by justa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not fair to sue a fast food company... they are in business to sell fast foods...it is up to the individual to be able to know that if they keep feeding their face with these types of food they will of course put on weight.
Remember the old saying that everything in moderation... really is a good rule to follow.
2006-10-05 16:51:11 · answer #10 · answered by Sunseaandair 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋