Fwd: Nutrition Nazis

[Henk Vreekamp]

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Tip voor Marc van de Sterren:


>Date:         Wed, 23 Oct 2002 21:02:30 -0700
>From: Walt Cunningham <riflesmt at NRAONLINE.COM>
>Subject:      Nutrition Nazis
>To: SPJ-L at LISTS.PSU.EDU
>
>Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Art Carey takes
>no guff when it comes to cultural trends, and he
>notes with great dismay that "some food fascists"
>are trying to sue McDonald's in order to "solve
>the problem" of obesity.
>
>In Monday's column, Carey opens up on this
>tactic with both barrels, calling it "another dismal
>example of the culture of victimhood,
>the abdication of personal responsibility."
>
>"You're a waddling blimp not because you lack
>willpower and self-control but because a big bad
>corporation and its seductive advertising made
>you eat all those super-size french fries! Poor you.
>What next? Will the nutrition Nazis at the Center
>for Science in the Public Interest take Genuardi's
>to court for selling Fruit Loops, Mountain Dew
>and Fritos?"

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