or smokers blaming the cigarette co's? movies corrupting our kids?
i know i sound terrible with my fat people comment, but there's truth here. so many things we piss and moan about as a culture, we should step up and take care of as individuals and parents. this is so ridiculous. take some responsibility for your actions!
mcdonald's doesn't obligate anyone to buy. stop going there. you know it's not good food!!!
philip morris didn't light the lighters they're sleazy as hell, yes. but so's disney (you should read some of the disney cases)...
and don't let your kids watch violent movies/TV. i know it's difficult to do that, but so's PARENTING!!!! deal with it!
opinions?
2006-12-06 04:20:14 · 13 answers · asked by blue-in-groove 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Although I don't like the way it's worded, I do have to agree with you. As an overweight person I know that I got this way not from all the fast food places, but because I made some bad decisions. Food can be an addiction; that's why it's so hard to take the responsibility to eat healthier. I'm not a smoker, but I do know that smoking is an addiction, too. The cigarette companies and the fast food places may not obligate us to buy, but once we're hooked, we're hooked. It's not as easy as it sounds to just "deal with it" or "stop going there."
Maybe it's just easier for me to sympathize with people with these problems because I've been there, too.
2006-12-06 04:35:00 · answer #1 · answered by Persephone 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People in general have a very difficult time taking responsibility for their own actions. (I learned that in Psychology) McDonald's is not the reason why people are fat because they have freedom to eat somewhere else but they don't and they have freedom to select how much they want to eat but they choose poorly. It's all bad decision making that makes people become fat. Besides Gluttony is a sin anyway. Unless someone has medical problems which cause weight gain (thyroid etc) then they can't blame restaurants their decisions for getting fat.
2016-05-23 01:01:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off, on the Phillip Morris issue. With some tobacco manufacturers...not sure if Morris was one...there were chemicals being added that made addiction factors that much more...so they may not have lit it the first time, but one could argue that they had a lot more repeat business due to said practices. This was more than sleazy...conspiratorial and illegal, by my count...much like the theory of television using subliminal to control people.
As for McDonald's, there have been rumblings of certain additives causing cravings...yadda yadda...no proof yet. However, McDonalds certainly is in the business of attracting us to cheap, fattening foods and taking advantage of a market place with low will power to refuse such. Again, sleazy as you say, but not illegal.
This being said, the problem with the obesity in North America is not the sellers...it is the buyers sitting on their cheeks in front of the television and not moving. The parenting problem comes in the form of using television...and, by extension, advertising...to baby sit their children. We are raising a generation of mindless zombies who will be much more willing to allow the powers that be to control how they live their lives.
2006-12-06 04:34:38 · answer #3 · answered by Gwydyon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you. It's our responsibility to find out what good nutrition is and how to make healthy choices. If we must eat at McDonald stop getting the supersize or triple burgers. We need to eat more vegetables and drink more water. Soda is loaded with sugar. Exercise four times a week at least. Turn off the TV when MTV and violent shows are on and educational programs or sit down and do homework with the kids. Have the kids read about the dangers of smoking and if you smoke don't let them see you do it.
2006-12-06 04:36:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
whats even worse is fat people can but in line at disney world.im standing there with my kids who have been waiting for ever and they drive up...on scooters to boot,and butt in line.hey ive been walking forvever and im standing in line...they are sitting down already,they should wait with the masses. also,at the end of the night they get to board the buses first because of their handicap,so they pull half of the seats to secure them,then everyone they are with get to get on.they are sitting and relaxing while moms and dads are carrying strollers and sleeping children while trying to stand on a moving bus. because of lack of seats!outrageous
2006-12-06 04:25:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree 100% with you. by the way where can i read about some of the disney cases?
2006-12-06 05:10:04 · answer #6 · answered by Lovely 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In that case you cant blame drug dealersfor anything. Those companies play a role but it all comes down to personal choice and personal control.
2006-12-06 04:27:52 · answer #7 · answered by rock 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What's even worse than what you said is fat people who claim they have no idea why they're fat "its genetic everyone in my family is fat" but then you watch them eat and its more like "you mean, everyone in your family has an eating disorder"......They should know that eating fast food everyday isnt gonna make them skinny.
2006-12-06 04:32:43 · answer #8 · answered by Panda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You think that's bad!! Fat people with handicap tags and parking stickers are driving me crazy. I'm not talking about severe obesity either, but just plain fat people. lol
Its true.
2006-12-06 07:00:08 · answer #9 · answered by Eagle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm with you.
rock, drug dealers are breaking the law. that was a ridiculous argument.
the buck stops HERE, baby!!! (addiction is a *****, though!!)
2006-12-06 04:36:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋