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There are no victims because it is a personal choice. If you want to be fat and lead a horrible life, so be it. Eating healthy is very simple. People research

by jriot 9y ago

There are no victims because it is a personal choice. If you want to be fat and lead a horrible life, so be it. Eating healthy is very simple. People research which TV to buy, what television show to watch, what political news story to be enraged about etc... But can't spend five minutes how to eat properly? There are no victims here, just people unwilling to accept responsibility for their choices.

mattmanser 9y ago
Again with the victim blaming, no matter how many different ways you say the same thing, you're completely wrong. It's not a personal choice, it's like claiming smoking is a personal choice. 40 years ago it really wasn't, it was a social normal, and then when it became clear how badly the tobacco companies had misled the world, it took a lot of struggle and effort and huge public policy initiatives to reduce smoking. A large section of society has been attacked by companies for profit using lies, addictive substances and manipulation and simply saying "stop smoking" or "start spending inordinate amounts of time researching every thing you eat to find out if it has added sugar, even though it's presented to you as healthy", didn't/hasn't worked. That you're still trying to peddle the obesity crisis as a moral failing of some huge swathe of the population is really sad and disappointing.
- jriot 9y ago
  You are completely wrong. What you eat is a personal choice, such as smoking is personal choice. Regardless of societal norms, it is still a personal choice. Not every issue in society requires a victim. Victim for example is someone who was raped because they didn't have a choice in the manner. Going to the store, and choosing which items to purchase does not equate to a victim. Just because a large portion of society makes poor choices does not equate to a large portion of society being victims. If all of society jumped off a bridge, are they all victims?

by jriot 9y ago

mattmanser 9y ago

Again with the victim blaming, no matter how many different ways you say the same thing, you're completely wrong. It's not a personal choice, it's like claiming smoking is a personal choice. 40 years ago it really wasn't, it was a social normal, and then when it became clear how badly the tobacco companies had misled the world, it took a lot of struggle and effort and huge public policy initiatives to reduce smoking. A large section of society has been attacked by companies for profit using lies, addictive substances and manipulation and simply saying "stop smoking" or "start spending inordinate amounts of time researching every thing you eat to find out if it has added sugar, even though it's presented to you as healthy", didn't/hasn't worked. That you're still trying to peddle the obesity crisis as a moral failing of some huge swathe of the population is really sad and disappointing.

jriot 9y ago
You are completely wrong. What you eat is a personal choice, such as smoking is personal choice. Regardless of societal norms, it is still a personal choice. Not every issue in society requires a victim. Victim for example is someone who was raped because they didn't have a choice in the manner. Going to the store, and choosing which items to purchase does not equate to a victim. Just because a large portion of society makes poor choices does not equate to a large portion of society being victims. If all of society jumped off a bridge, are they all victims?