> Bob, > Why do you assume that most people are not making informed choices and
because, at least in this country, food labels include a lot of information and when people are asked about them they don't understand them. When told explicitly what's going on with their food they change it. > need your help or government regulation to do so? They don't need my help. They need government regulation because they're not going to get objective, science-based information from the food industry. That regulation should start with forcing the food industry to remove harmful products from their food, whenever they are identified, and continue by providing information to people so that they can make their own choices. When people have information to make their choices this forces the retailers and the food industry to change. We're seeing it over here with trans-fats and similar shit. > And those quotes I > made up, tell me with a straight face that they aren't the logical extension of > the arguements being made in public. I can tell you that with a straight face because they aren't the logical extension of these arguments. I want this type of information so that I can make an informed choice about what I eat, and I believe other people should have the same right to choose that I have. And I mean choose - I wouldn't legislate to close McDonalds down, I'd rather see it go out of business because people stop buying their products, or see them change their products because of consumer pressure. But if people want to go out and buy heroin instead of alfalfa sprouts, let them. But let them do it from a position of knowledge about the health and social consequences from them and their children. > God save me from all the do-gooders > in this world and the folks who know what's 'right' > for me. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yep. It's been a quite 4-5 years for McDonald's, but the looneys are > > starting > >> to crawl back out of the woodwork. > > > > The following claims are all true: > > > >> 'Ooouh, that food is bad for you.' > >> 'Ooouh, that food will kill you.' > >> 'Ooouh, your kids like it and it's bad for them.' > >> 'Ooouh, we're killing poor defenseless animals just to eat them.' > > > > Nobody's saying the following things, you're just making them up: > > > >> 'Quick, our government needs to save us from these excesses!' > >> 'People are too dumb to make their own choices.' > >> 'We should only sell them what they should have, not what they want.' > > > > This is a political slogan, nothing to do with any claims about McDonalds: > > > >> 'From each according to their abilities, to each according to their > > needs.' > > > > This is something else you're making up: > > > >> 'And we'll tell you exactly what your needs are...' > > > >> Regards, Bob S. > >> > >> PS. I know of no successful enterprise which doesn't cater to what > >> the customer WANTS! > >> > > > > So what? Heroin dealers, arms dealers, tobacco dealers, pimps, butt > > plug salesmen and Lady Gaga all cater for what the customer WANTS! > > Doesn't mean these things aren't bad for you, or that people shouldn't > > counter the propaganda and lies that the peddlers of these things pump > > out and give the customer the chance to make an informed choice about > them. > > > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYgLAPhbyKg> > > > > B > > > >> > >> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> Bob W wrote: > >> >> > A few snaps of people hanging around: > >> >> > <http://www.web-options.com/Sep19/> > >> >> > > >> >> > Nothing special, but I hope you enjoy them. > >> >> > > >> >> > Bob > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> Nice, mellow gallery, Bob. I really liked the one with the guy > >> >> holding the traffic sign. > >> > > >> > Thanks all! > >> > > >> > Actually it's a warning sign pointing to McDonalds. > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
