Lawyers going after fast food...

Originally Posted by PattyNBK

Okay, so I'm watching the news the other day. Turns out, a group of lawyers are starting to claim that fast food is causing health problems in the same way that cigarette manufacturers cause health problems.

I really am speechless. How insane can they get, anyway? Fast food, in and of itself, does no real harm. French fries made at McDonald's are no more or less healthy than ones you make at home. Same for burgers (which aren't unhealthy to begin with). Same for everything! This is beyond stupid . . .

To compare fast food to cigarette manufacturing, and to claim that they are equally adictive, is insulting to any intelligent being and is quite laughable. Nicotine is a truly addicting drug. Fast food, no, that's no addiction, at least not a true addiction. Smokers, they are the ones getting hurt, the ones truly addicted. Fat people, no, apples and oranges. There is no true addiction there. They just gotta stop being lazy and exercise, and demonstrate some self-control.

There is virtually no difference between fast food and home-cooked food. If you go after McDonald's, don't you have to go after every food manufacturer on the planet? There is no difference after all . . . Cigarettes are something that have no positive use and are terribly addicting by chemical nature. Fast food supplies us with something we need (food and drink), and it's not their fault if you overeat. Guess what? Drinking too much milk can kill you too. Why not just outlaw everything and sue everyone?

This is so stupid. I really want to know something now. How does this kind of stupidity happen? Seriously.

There's such thing as a psychological addiction, and I'm sure some people are addicted to food such as this, but people can become addicted (in a completely psychological sense) to completely anything. It's ludicrous people are suing for this, though. It really makes no sense.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Tails, smoking is an actual physiological addiction. It's a shitload harder to quit than fastfood, or any other non-physiologically addicting substance. Hell, I've heard it being compared to opiate withdrawal in some cases.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

A cheeseburger is not a cheeseburger. That's what everyone is trying to get across. I don't stuff shitloads of preservatives in my burger, and I sure as hell hope you don't.

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Originally Posted by JazzFlight

Healthy Choice, Lean Cuisine, and SmartOnes (bleh) are a lot healthier than normal TV dinners. Plus, they're cheap if you get them in bulk. It's silly to compare to Hungry Man, which is packed with sodium and fat.

I lost most of my weight due to a diet that included a lot of Lean Cuisine meals.

I think lurker was focusing more on the fact that Patty had said she had home cooking a few times a week, then mentioned frozen meals.

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