Re: Are we protected from Junk Food Corporations?

From: Mark (mlowry3_at_bellsouth.net)
Date: 09/01/04 

Date: 1 Sep 2004 11:13:09 -0700

rangerhasten@yahoo.com (Wolfbrother) wrote

 
> Again just go ahead and ignore the fact that so many parents are
> irresponsible and unfit. Does that mean that their children must
> suffer? OF COURSE the responsibility lies with the parents!!! BUT
> THAT DOES NOT MAKE IT SO! That does not change the fact that some
> parents are simply not responsible. So you are saying oh well those
> kids are fucked, too bad?? That is exactly what you and others are
> saying. Not to mention the children that have no parents in the first
> place. Many unfit parents simply cave into their childrens nagging
> because they dont give a *** they just want to shut their kids up.

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I've long been an advocate of an aptitude test before one is allowed
to breed. Call it totalitarian if you want, but how the hell else are
you going to keep morons from breeding more morons?

Regulating fast food TV commercials isn't the answer because after you
do that, what's next? TV shows with too much violence (which the
moron parents let their too-young kids watch)? Magazine articles with
"unsuitable" content? Badmouthing of one's children? Alcohol
consumption in any amount if you happen to be a parent? Unwed
parenthood?

Idiots will always find a way to behave like idiots, often in front of
their children. The only way you can change that is to have the
government take total control of every aspect of child-rearing...i.e.
put them all in orphanages.

OR...you can expect grownups to take a little responsibility for their
actions, and NOT give them some kind of whiney "out" by letting them
sue every Tom, *** and Harry for poor outcomes that they, the
parents, ought to have been responsible for in the first place.

Mark, MD

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