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Originally Posted by PsYcNeT
Anything can be mentally addictive, and fast food has been proven to have physically addictive properties. And how many people get up, and go to Tim Horton's? That's fast food. Don't deny that 300 calorie and 82g of sugar donut and 4 sugar 2 cream coffee isn't contributing to the cellulite and diabetes epidemic.
Why does no one want to ban Timmy's? (See? I can do straw mans too!)
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Sure it can.
But tell me, what percentage of smokers are addicted, compared to almost ANYTHING else? It isn't in the same ballpark.
And your Tim's argument? That's a stretch. If you had left it a coffee I may have been tempted to grant the caffeine/coffee addiction (while I doubt the health effect are anywhere near as severe as smoking), but to include the 4 creams/2 sugar and a doughnut as if everyone who goes there gets that just made the argument inane.
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