Re: Are we protected from Junk Food Corporations?

From: severesocialanxiety (samappliance_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: 31 Aug 2004 12:42:20 -0700

mlowry3@bellsouth.net (Mark) wrote in message news:<5ee850fe.0408301227.5088e072@posting.google.com>...
> nolionnoproblem@hotmail.com (DonQuijote1954) wrote in message news:<4e4a3f58.0408291848.1b784f23@posting.google.com>...
> > "Jeff" <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<cgtk92$dr3@library1.airnews.net>...
> > > "DonQuijote1954" <nolionnoproblem@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:4e4a3f58.0408291358.74b11672@posting.google.com...
> > > > The legislation is moving to protect, of course, the rights of the
> > > > food corporations not to be sued. How can they ever be on the side of
> > > > the public?
> > >
> > > They are. They require that food ingredients and nutrition content be given
> > > to costumers who as for it. And the chains usually post this on their
> > > websites.
> >
> > That's like old Greek to the poor who don't know things like
> > "hydrogenated oil"...
>
> How many people do you know who can truthfully say that they "had no
> idea" that eating at McDonald's morning noon and night *isn't* going
> to make you fat?
>
> Should I be able to sue the manufacturer of my hair dryer if I
> stupidly use it in the tub? I'm sure it's been tried, because there's
> a little warning label on the side of the dryer telling me not to do
> just that. Should Ford Motor Company be liable if I use their product
> to drive 100 mph and crash into a bridge?
>
> I get a little annoyed when people suggest that the public needs
> governmental protection from what they eat. What would it logically
> come to, if followed to its most ludicrous conclusion? Oat bran for
> everyone? No beef allowed? Bacon being classified as a controlled
> substance?
>
> Where is the concept of personal responsibility in all this?
>
> Mark, MD

My doctor has never mentioned that i should eat fruit and vegetables
or get exercise. My dentist has never said avoid simple sugars. When
you see everyone
eating at McDonalds from a young age and all the advertising it just
seems normal to eat there. Every once in awhile you might hear about
some vegetarian nut who got sick or something from lack of protein.
the message that junk food is delicious and a source of happiness
envelopes us. I certainly am going to sue my medical doctor for not at
least giving me a few warnings about junk food. Christ, i have kidney
stones now from this crap. Children are given candy as a reward. the
stores are packed with candy.

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