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Originally Posted by Stimor
it is not like junk food is going anywhere, nor should it ever be a personal attack ._.
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Everyone's on a half assed health crusade these days. Sesame Street supposedly has 90% health education now (at least that's what I hear), and I think it's doing diddly squatt for people getting healthy. In fact, if you nag people, the less likely they'll listen to you.
Plus, everyone thinks of this as a black and white issue. There are no grey areas. The truth is, we need to make it possible for poor people to get healthier foods more often. And we need companies to stop making their employees work through lunch hours, or even giving them lunch hours that last an actual hour. There's much much more than just getting rid of Twinkie or Cocoa puffs ads.
But what it all winds up with is this. In a given society, there will always be fat people. Why? Because some people are just born addicts. You can't eliminate junk food more than you can eliminate Smoking or drinking. Even if you totally illegalize it, desperate people will still go to lengths to get it. Look at prohibition. Speakeasies, bathtub Gin... some people will always be addicts. The one problem with Junk food over every other vice, is it shows the most obvious, and shows up the quickest. Drugs, alchohol, tobacco... they all leave some scar on you that's visable, but fat comes fast and it's very conspicuous.