It's the Medias fault no it's the government's fault no blame Canada no blame .......

[JR]

Originally Posted by sarettah

JR, same logic applies to the war in Iraq. The administration hired PR people, fed lines of bullshit, etc but you have claimed in other discussions that it was up to the individuals to decide their viewpoint and they were not responsible for what someone thought.

i'm sorry, i am confused with the iraq analogy. are you comparing Saddam to Ronald Mcdonald? last i checked, Bush was not targeting 4-12yr olds for support. an adult can be held responsible for his decisions. a child cannot.

i think an obese child is of course the failure of the parent. but i think this issue is a little different than all others in that the parent has to fight 100,000 messages a day and hundreds of billions in marketing annually and litterally 10's of trillions in marketing before 18, telling that kid that eating pop tarts, cookies, candy and fast food is a great thing to do.

people in this country and in the western world in general are getting fatter every year. people have no perspective anymore on what good eating habits are and yet people will say "its the responsibility of the parent".... so ... what about the 10,000,000 parents that are failing? what about the children that will be fucked up for life battling weight and weight related problems until they die? what about their children that are going to be caught in the same cycle?

as a general rule, i couldn't give a fuck what people do. but when i see countless people destroying their kids everyday... i think the "its up to the parent" arguement begins to breakdown.

feb 15. that is the target launch date of a magazine i have created with a partner will be launched. its about womens health and fitness. why i am doing it? first its a lucrative market. second, i am SOOOOOOOOO FUCKING TIRED of watching people destroy themselves and their children. i have decided to put my money where my mouth is on this very issue.