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Originally Posted by dutchmule
How's that relevant, seriously??
No, but I'm a treehugger who likes fighting against cartels when they're trying to lobby their way past regulations that a society needs. I also enjoy long long walks on the beach.
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Because alcohol is made available in almost every grocery store in the states. As is tobacco.
An analysis of prime time TV found that alcohol commercials appeared at the rate of 0.2 per hour while drinking portrayals during programs occured 25 times more frequently, at five times per hour.
Just because HFCS is so prevalently out there it doesn't negate the responsibility to pay attention to what you eat. I don't ever hear people trying to quit smoking blaming the prevalence of cigarettes on the fact they're made so available (less now than prior). If I were to give smokers any sort of credit is they usually accept their involvement in the issue. "It's a disgusting habit and I should have never started and I want to quit but I've got to little willpower". Not "the smoking industry lied to us".
I think a lot of the prejudice towards overweight people is because a lot of them act like it's not their fault. Yeah yeah, I'm sure there's plenty that have actual issues (physical, non-curable) that result in them being obese. But the self esteem issues, depression issues, etc, welcome to the world of EVERYONE. Yeah, it's hard to get over some of these issues, or to get started exercising when you're 400 lbs. I don't thing anyone is saying otherwise. But stupid people are always going to hate/laugh/mock so the faster one learns to live with it the better.
Clearly Devils Advocate had something he needed to deal with. Holy F, he did a kick ass job, dealt with some of them, unfortunately may continue to deal with them, but has knocked the overweight issue out of the friggin ball park. If anything he's proof that plenty of obese need to stop blaming a plethora of things and move on with their lives and start taking responsibility.
I've got countless things I need to do with myself. Some that are bordering on being so much more important than much else in my life and I put them off. I blame myself because I'm a procrastinator and lazy. Not some ghost HFCS industry that's in cahoots with the government (yes, that's an extreme exageration).
BTW, loved the Eat Less Move More video. That was awesome!