Get Fat or Die Trying!

If anyone reads this, they probably shouldn’t be surprised they were able to find a guy that thinks we should leave people alone to do what they want – even if the means getting fat as hell.  Of course you shouldn’t… especially when the guy is a libertarian.  That’s like asking a Marxist if he thinks bank accounts are a good idea.

23% of adult Canadians are obese (that means more than 20 lbs. over your “ideal” weight).  I don’t care what Libertarian-guy thinks, that’s a problem.  Scientists think we’re raising a generation of fat kids that won’t even outlive their parents – being stricken with diseases that, up until the last two decades, only affected the old and immobile.  That’s a problem!

I’m not trying to say that Libertarians don’t have the right to speak up for the what they believe in – namely the rights to complete freedom, and freedom from government intervention in their lives – it just reminds me of a saying my high school history teacher used to use:  “Figures don’t lie, but liars do figure”.

No matter what the issue, what the questions, you will ALWAYS find a number, or a theory, or a person that has “facts” to back them up in a complimentary or contradictory way.

So take this as a word of caution you probably don’t need.  When you see crap new stories like this, take it with a grain of salt (but not too much salt, because that would be bad for you!).  Your, ahem, gut can tell you that it’s not ok to dismiss a massive trend in North America towards the heavier end of scale, just because a slow news day managed to bring up one guy with an opposing view.  Just in case…

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