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The War Against Junk Food

There is a war going on against the junk food industry. You've all probably heard about some of the battles, where people are trying to ban sodas from public schools, or making movies that scare people away from fast food.

Read my article entitled, "Fast Food Nation, Yeah So What?", where I dive into this some more.

I can't understand how people can forget history.

We had an all out ban on alcohol in the 1920's, dubbed "Prohibition". It caused to people to buy their alcohol underground, which in turn, caused organized crime to flourish. In the end, our country had to repeal the ban just to put an end to organized crime.

The fact is that you cannot stop people from getting the things they want.

I've come to believe that what junk food opponents are really against is corporate America. They hate business. They hate money. It's not the bad food they hate, it's that companies are making money selling it.

McDonald's takes a lot of heat for selling so many Big Macs. Of course we all know that eating Big Macs is not healthy. But what is a Big Mac anyways other than hamburger, bread, mayo, mustard, pickles, lettuce, and tomatoes?

You can go to a grocery store and buy hamburger meat, not the lean stuff, but the low-quality stuff. You can also buy hamburger buns there, and buy pickles, and lettuce, tomatoes, and everything else.

Hamburger meat, whether it's pure beef, or a mix of beef & pork, or even a mixture of meat, intestines, and tongues, is still high in cholesterol, still high in fat, and can still clog your arteries. Doens't matter if it's in the form of a Big Mac, or in the form of a casserole that you baked yourself.

So why aren't junk food opponents protesting moms making casseroles?

That's why I said, junk food opponents are not against junk food, they're against corporate America. That's all it is.

Labels: Junk Food, Philosophy, Politics