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Originally posted by Mike AI@Nov 22 2002, 03:54 PM
Yeah it is funny that Atkins is now being proved to be right, after being slammed for years.
And yes Atkins is a much better promoter then Dr., but he appears that he will be vidicated.
The problem with lawsuits, all the silly ones we have seen the past 20 years - tobacco, guns, etc... come from TRIAL LAWYERS who are looking for any deep pockets anywhere to LEGALLY STEAL FROM.
Trial Lawyers are the problem not the answer.... peopel do not realize the billion dollar bullshit settlements they get are passed down to ALL of us in expenses!
We need TORT reform now!
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i love this debate. i think the next couple years are going to be amazing. something will give. people desperately want to discredit this arguement for high fat/low card eating. They keep proving it to be correct.
the government and entire medical community can be liable for 20 years of increased obesity, diabetes, heart disease etc etc.
i mean if smokers can successfully sue cigarette companies for billions, then this issue is FAR greater than the costs to health care, insurance and health than those of smoking ever could be...
all the same logic and even a stronger case can be made against the government/medical community because there was not a conspiracy. they dont have to prove a conspiracy or anything weird. people were simply told how to eat and what was told to them was false and even the complete opposite of the truth. they continued to tell people to eat this way, as people lowered fat in their diets and obesity/diabetes and heart disease sky rocketed.
something weird will happen in the next few years. there are several high-profile lawsuits against fast food restaraunts right now... imagine McDonalds suing the federal government for say "misleading the public into believing their food was more harmful than it is" ... namely centered around the calorie and fat content.
i can see this whole situation getting really weird.
imagine all fat people having someone to blame legally and financially! it will be insane. more than half of our population is clinically obese.
Last edited by -= JR =- at Nov 22 2002, 04:43 PM