No toys without nutrition

Ok, so heard on the radio this morning, a law (San Francisco I think?) passed that said any fast food chain wanting to sell toys with their meals, the meal had to consist of a serving of fruits/veggies, and be under a certain total calorie amount...

I gotta say, I'm kinda on the fence on this one...

On one hand, you've now got every family in America always on the go...no more family dinner's, everyone's texting and connecting and doing their own things at younger ages. So, of course, fast food is the most convenient for today's average family...and there's nothing wrong with that. But then there's the overindulgers (and I mean to the point of abuse lol) who will shove it down their kids gullet almost immediately after receiving a concern from the school about their childs health due to obesity...so, the gov't feels the need to take matters in their own hands and protect the unhealthy....sure, whatever.

But on the other side...are the people who don't overindulge, who sometimes use the happy meal as a small reward for their kids, or at least a meal in small doses but still keep them active and under triple digit masses by age 9. Not to mention, FREE ENTERPRISE.

Why is it the last few years (or couple decades, anyway) that more and more people have gotten THEIR rights while simultaneously infringing on the rights of others?

What do you all think...is this new law for the greater good? Or more control than the gov't needs to have?

This is far more control than the government needs to have. The problem with this is the government is starting to raise the kids. A lot of eating habits, study habits, and life lessons should be learned inside the classroom. We have shitty, and I mean shitty parents out there. They make up a very large majority of parents, and they rely on schools as their daycare for more than anything. The fact that we have to teach kids proper nutrition, not to bully other kids, sexual health practices, and amongst others is ridiculous. It enables the parents to just sit there and allow others to raise their kids. Instead of talking to their kids, they let the kid talk to a shrink. And it goes on and on and on.

In short, fuck this. I can understand banning plastic bags, but this is fucking ridiculous.

Haha, you really know how to put things into perspective Mastermind...I agree, parents today ARE lazy and DO let the system raise their kids...

But ultimately, in this democratic country, majority wins...so since so many feel the need to let their children be raised by the state, is it better than the children receiving no enforcement at all? Even though I personally don't feel MY kids should suffer not getting the original happy meal (if i were in San Fran of course), is the suffering of a few better for the prosperity of many? I guess that's what I'm really getting at...again, even though I personally don't believe it, I was just seeing what everyone else's thoughts are.

Great call though! I agree with your post 110%

Let the fatties eat. Who am I to tell them to stop eating themselves into a heart attack. I don't live in san fran so it doesn't really effect me ether. But that's shitty to make peoples choices for them. Population control....if they don't make conscious healthy decisions....why is that my problem? They'll die early...not me.

Kodank Moment said:

Let the fatties eat. Who am I to tell them to stop eating themselves into a heart attack. I don't live in san fran so it doesn't really effect me ether. But that's shitty to make peoples choices for them. Population control....if they don't make conscious healthy decisions....why is that my problem? They'll die early...not me.

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I agree with the bouncing............................................. sorry what was I saying?

Kodank Moment said:

Let the fatties eat. Who am I to tell them to stop eating themselves into a heart attack. I don't live in san fran so it doesn't really effect me ether. But that's shitty to make peoples choices for them. Population control....if they don't make conscious healthy decisions....why is that my problem? They'll die early...not me.

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I agree 100%. The more they eat, the quicker they will die off. There's no reason to go to McDonalds over Subway (just an example) since they are usually found together anyway. They WANT to get fat. There's no other explantation when you CHOOSE to eat unhealthy everyday. If they're too lazy to go the grocery store once a week to buy wholesome food, then they obviously don't care about their health.

I observed two obese females the other day at Starbucks while I was reading the paper. They brought homework to work on, and they also brought 2 coke's each, and a whole box of ritz crackers. They ate the whole box of ritz and drank both cokes in the 1/2 hour that I was there. Jesus...

Kodank Moment said:

Let the fatties eat. Who am I to tell them to stop eating themselves into a heart attack. I don't live in san fran so it doesn't really effect me ether. But that's shitty to make peoples choices for them. Population control....if they don't make conscious healthy decisions....why is that my problem? They'll die early...not me.

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Totally agree with you. Just like we choose to take in cannabis, people should be allowed to ingest all of the 500 calorie deliciousness between two sesame seed buns they can muster...

However...if simply overeating was enough, America probably wouldn't have the obese problem like it does. I mean, people gain weight, then they have obese babies who are probably just out of genetics, going to be obese, and then THEY have obese kids...and before you know it, evolution had adjusted to the diet and large BMI to a small degree.

To me, it seems a society would work best when everyone's on the same page, like an engine, working in sync...just letting the wicked, the gluttonous, the corrupted, kill themselves off with their overindulgences isn't going to fix the problem...because sad fact is, the blind and dumb (and obese) are populating at a much faster rate than the rest.

What do you think?