[FairOpinion]

"What is right is the right of every American to determine what and how much they eat, and to be responsible for whatever consequences they encounter. This is not a public issue. It is a private one. It is one in which the government should have no role nor say. "

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Exactly. It's none of the government's business.

Even reasonable sensible people fall victim to this and miss the point, which is NOT the issue of general medical recommendations of what you should or should not do, but YOU are the final decision maker, but that the government has no right to tell you what you eat or do.

It is interesting and disconcerting to me, that the very same people who are so upset when the government passed the Patriot Act to catch terrorists and keep us safe, embrace the idea of the government telling us what to eat,"because after all low fat is good for us, so let daddy government take care of us", how much water you can use to flush your toilet in your home, and so on.

[Focault's Pendulum]

so let daddy government take care of us", how much water you can use to flush your toilet in your home, and so on.

Water??!!?!

Damn...I gotta start writing this stuff down.

[FITZ]

Having taken over much of the health system via Medicare, the government is now concerned about the cost of illnesses resulting from obesity

This is what makes it the government's business. People who want to be fat should be allowed to do what they please as long as they pay their own bills or isurance premiums.