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Default Personal responsibility with food...

"Curly Sue" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:06:36 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
> > wrote:
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>>"Omelet" > wrote in message
>>news
>>> Sorry, but I've heard from people recently that McD's new "Trans-fat
>>> free" fries suck. I've not tried them.

> <snip>
>>> I'm glad that I happen to enjoy a healthy diet for the most part, but
>>> even I like some bad stuff once in awhile, and that should be MY choice,
>>> not some vote whore in Washington DC.
>>>
>>> Outlawing Trans-fat oil is just stupid, wrong, ignorant and the perfect
>>> example of "PC" gone WAY overboard. Allowing lawmakers to make dietary
>>> choices for is is wrong wrong wrong:

>
>>
>>If a substance is everywhere in food, we have LESS choices available for
>>avoiding it. Therefore, it's GOOD that trans fats are vanishing. You were
>>wrong about this.
>>

>
> Good point. And let's not forget about the children. I'd just
> a'soon not throw them to the dogs because their parents don't know any
> better (or it's the best they can do, or they don't care, whatever).
>


Well....we *are* talking about Omelet here....

Short bus, ya know?