I agree with most of what you say, but McDonalds and the like have to take some responsibility for causing people to want their food through their marketing - particularly when it's aimed at kids. There is a very telling scene in Supersize me where children are shown pictures and asked if they know who the person is, they failed to identify Jesus but all recognised Ronald McDonald immediately.
-----Original Message----- From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 November 2004 16:23 To: CF-Community Subject: RE: now the truly important news Well - there may be a virus that contributes. Whether people should take responsibility or not has absolutely nothing to do with the scientific reality that there could be viral agent that, for some people, is at least partially at fault. However it's tremendously unlikely that any such virus could claim responsibility for even a significant percentage of the obesity in the world. Also, like possible genetic causal agents for alcoholism or obesity, this does not absolve people of responsibility for their actions. It simply makes it known that some people may have a harder time controlling those actions than others. Somebody with a genetic predisposition needs to be more careful than somebody whose not - it's not a manifest destiny. Lastly I still say that restaurants like McDonalds simply supply the food that people want. I consider it ridiculous to attempt to lay blame on the restaurant when they are nothing more than a mirror of society's excesses. Jim (who is a big fat bastard) Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137277 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
