I wonder what the criteria would be for "obese". Would the fat police arrest food vendors who sold them food? I agree that a law like that outsteps the bounds of government. What if you're caught smuggling a Whopper to a convicted fat person? Could you plea bargain it to Whopper Jr.?

lol Nice.

Yeah, to actually implement the law, they'd need to provide scales & a way to measure someone's height anywhyere that sells food (to see if they fit the medical definiton of 'obese' by their weight vs. their height). Otherwise, the restaurants might face lawsuits from offended customers, who didn't like being called 'obese'.

CHUQ wrote:At the present meeting of Mississippi legislature they are considering a bill, #HB282, which would make it illegal to serve certain foods to overweight people. Now somewhere we must draw a line and stop meddling in other people's lives.

So you're against the outlawing of cigarette smoking too?

apparently the financial mayhem caused by a drunk driver is less than someone eating themselves to death slowly---- they measure out legal substances according to the strongest lobbies--- right now, insurance lobbies are pretty powerful, as are the liquor and tobacco lobbies----

marijuana threatened the fortunes of hearst and dupont, so they insinuated their own man in office, and thus was the first ( albeit informal ) drug czar instituted--- despite states allowing legality for the sick and dying, and numerous medical and professional decrees that mj is ay-ho-kay, the money machine that is the current legal system will not be denied----where the power lies, so lies the rule...so, fatties, unite, tell em to shove it up their ass, and do it loud, or you'll be finding yourselves legislated right into extinction...

it is, after all, the amerikan way...

oddmanin wrote:
it is, after all, the amerikan way...

And what a very strange way it is

oddmanin wrote:...so, fatties, unite, tell em to shove it up their ass, and do it loud, or you'll be finding yourselves legislated right into extinction...

it is, after all, the amerikan way...

Yep... just like they did with tobacco? The right to smoke is almost extinct as we speak.

Screw freedom... let a "few" simply outlaw what they don't like, and damn the rest of us?

So many questions... so little time...

OneVoice wrote:The right to smoke in public places is almost extinct as we speak.

Forgot the qualifier. What about my right to spread asbestos dust? Those bastards!

mr_spock wrote:

OneVoice wrote:The right to smoke in public places is almost extinct as we speak.

Forgot the qualifier. What about my right to spread asbestos dust? Those bastards!

Ahhh... so you agree that we should be able to refuse to sell donuts to obese people?

I've personally never been affected by second-hand glaze or sprinkles.

mr_spock wrote:I've personally never been affected by second-hand glaze or sprinkles.

Oh... but, according to the liberal element, you have been affected by it.

You see... fat people cause a burden on society and make insurance and medical costs rise through the roof... and they take up too much room in airplanes and toilets... and they are taking more than their fair share of social security by having to retire unhealthy before their time to actually retire... and all that other P.C. jazz.

You know... just like smokers and their first hand and (*insert laughter here*) second-hand death they spread.

There is a burger place here in Lakeland, Florida that sells a burger called the "Fat Azz."

1 Full pound of burger (Four 1/4 pound patties)
8 pieces of 1/4" cut bacon (read that as 2" of bacon)
5 pieces of American cheese
Mayonaise
Grilled sour dough bread, lathered in butter
....and a piece of lettuce.

I will go on the more radical position and say that really really skinny people should be forced to eat this. (just kidding of course).

By the way, one guy I work with ate an entire "Fat Azz." He was out of work for 3 days.

OneVoice wrote:

mr_spock wrote:I've personally never been affected by second-hand glaze or sprinkles.

Oh... but, according to the liberal element, you have been affected by it.

You see... fat people cause a burden on society and make insurance and medical costs rise through the roof... and they take up too much room in airplanes and toilets... and they are taking more than their fair share of social security by having to retire unhealthy before their time to actually retire... and all that other P.C. jazz.

You know... just like smokers and their first hand and (*insert laughter here*) second-hand death they spread.

I've got to say, I've never in my life seen someone who suffers so badly from 'It's-all-the-fault-of-the-liberals-and-democrats'-itis as much as you do...

You do realize that the non-smoking laws (which I find stupid and an invasion of my rights to smoke) were driven by NON SMOKERS...Who incidentally, happened to be from ALL political backgrounds? Conservatives, Liberals, Republican, Democrat, Moderate, Christian, Athiest, etc?

The thing that all those people had in common was they either never smoked, or had stopped smoking, and they didn't want to be around cigarette smoke?

And in the process, those people that pushed their congressmen (which again, those congressmen were Republican, Democrat, Conservative, Liberal, Moderates as well) to enact laws so that they didn't have to be around cigarette smokes...And the tobacco industry and insurance companies also put in thier help as well, with promises to put the money from the cigarette taxes into building non-smoking enviroments as well as stop smoking programs...Which never happened, since the quit smoking products went over the counter so they didn't have to honor their agreements...

So your constant trying to lay the blame on the shoulders of one particular group, simply cause you're in the 'other' group is fruitless, unrealistic, and unrational...

You want to get mad at who created the non-smoking laws? Then get mad at the right people...The NON SMOKERS. Period.

I live in a bi-state area...One side of the river (Missouri) is considered 'Republican'...The other side (Illinois), Democrat. In that bi-state area, the first state to enact non-smoking laws was Missouri. By an overwhelming majority in fact. A REPUBLICAN majority too, as it's a 'Republican' state.

And whatever Missouri does in regards to laws, Illinois follows behind within a couple of years...But here's the giff of it...It wasn't the fault of the 'Conservative Republicans', but was the fault of the non-smoking voters period, who encouraged their state Reps and Senators to create and enact these laws for them...Same with Illinois, who has always had the saying 'If Missouri does it and we're such close neighbors, then we'll do it to accomodate their citizens as well'.

And it's the same with the 'fat people issue'....Oh...by the way? The state where the 'fat issue' started? Is a REPUBLICAN state as well...The people and shops discriminating against 'fat people' who started all this were/are REPUBLICAN.

That still doesn't fall in the lap though, of ALL Republicans, because the people that are supporting this issue, come from ALL political/social sides...It's no more a 'liberal thing' going on, then a 'conservative' going on. It's a group of people that for some reason think it's their place to dictate to another what another can/can't do in regards to their bodies. And that group of people are made up of indviduals from ALL party groups, not just one or the other. And those individuals are called 'busy no-bodies'.

Instead of laying the blame soley on the group that you don't like, you need to stop and also take a huge look in the mirror at your own choosen group. Because the blame is equal and shared between them all.

The moral of the story...non-smokers suck!

Ghost Wolf wrote:The moral of the story...non-smokers suck!

Yep...That they do. As bad as 'born again Christians' in my book.

And that 'can't smoke within 15 feet of a building's door/window' is a hoot too...Like smoke going UP into the air OUTSIDE is going to give a non-smoker inside cancer from 2nd hand smoke?

ROTFLMAOL!

We're headed towards a situation that will be similar to the alcohol prohibition...When that happens? I'll except hubby's offer to move back to his family's area in Alberta.

Besides, in Canada there's 25 cigarettes to a pack, versus the 20 here in the states. And the tobacco is stronger to boot.

Is someone smokes next to you in a public area - you can be directly affected by being forced to breathe their second hand smoke.

If someone eats a tripple deluxe cheeseburger with fried onions, extra cheese, topped off with a fried egg, etc., etc right next to you - it has no direct effect on you or your health.

See the difference?