wtpasc Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Is it any cheaper to keep a 90 year old in extended care? Wouldn't the system save money if people died before reaching retirement age? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
key2thecup Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Its time to label GMO's, sadly the big corporations have lobbied repeatedly to stop that from happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buggernut Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Its time to label GMO's, sadly the big corporations have lobbied repeatedly to stop that from happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Brown Burrows Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 No. Nobody really give a sh*t about what they are eating as long as it tastes good and they enjoy it , no one cares. * not to be taken literally, more of a statement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amish Rake Fighter Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I read an article a while back about how Monsanto employees in the UK refuse to eat GMOs in their cafeteria so they went completely organic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittenMittons Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 To everyone saying tax unhealthy foods, it will not work. Junk food is addictive and addicts need their fix. Charging an extra 10 cents (trust me, the tax will not be high because of the influence fast food corporations have) is hardly an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLumme Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Cigarettes serve no purpose, and are not healthy in any amount. A tub of margarine could last someone healthy a very long time. I could agree with labeling unhealthy fast foods with such though. You could have a salad with pictures of summer, or a quarter pounder with a picture of a diseased heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Situation Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Putting all these extra nonsensical warnings just adds to the cost of making a product, another bureaucratic hoop to jump through, which in turn makes it more expensive, which in turn causes less transactions, which is bad for business. Unless the goal is to inch-by-inch head toward a dystopian-like health food czar that allocates food for you, let people frack themselves over in their junk-laden sedentary way of life if they so choose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 The dangers of smoking are real, but they are exagerrated in the media. Fact is, by itself, smoking one cigarette is perfectly healthy. Even smoking one cigarette a week for life probably won't do you any harm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLumme Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Probably wrong. Cigarettes are a carcinogen. Same as bleach and other chemicals. The dangers of smoking are real and have been around for a long time - if not for the sheer magnitude of wealth that tobacco companies have, they would probably have been banned long ago. Unfortunately, some people think along those same lines as your post - oh, ones not going to hurt me...problem is, one turns to 2, then to 3...then to a pack...and next thing you know your uncle passes away and the tobacco companies could care less cause they made a fortune off of him.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Why would you smoking cause my uncle to pass away? Your argument isn't what I'm saying. There are lots of people that have one or two cigarettes a month and suffer no ill effects from it. Not every person starts smoking packs a day because they smoked one. Some people can handle addictive substances, some people can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLumme Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 My uncle passed away. There are also people that have 1 or 2 cigarettes that get lung cancer. Just because someone suffers no ill effects does not make it safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc44 Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Cigarettes serve no purpose, and are not healthy in any amount. A tub of margarine could last someone healthy a very long time. I could agree with labeling unhealthy fast foods with such though. You could have a salad with pictures of summer, or a quarter pounder with a picture of a diseased heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 There are also people that smoke zero cigarettes & get lung cancer. Sorry about your uncle, my grandma died from smoking related causes too. Still doesn't change the fact that some people can smoke a little bit, and be just as healthy as if they didn't smoke at all. Only some people, not all people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BZRK Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 I buy a small tub of margarine a month, I am 25 and 174 pounds. Does that make me unhealthy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 I buy a small tub of margarine a month, I am 25 and 174 pounds. Does that make me unhealthy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 I buy a small tub of margarine a month, I am 25 and 174 pounds. Does that make me unhealthy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamero89 Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 lol @ the idea of seeing a depressing looking fat kid on the bag of McDonalds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIA Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 not sure if this is entirely accurate but i think japan set maximum waist measurements for men and women. if you go over the max...you have to pay more for healthcare?? maybe something like that should be put in place. or we should have a hunger games type deal. take 2 of the fattest ppl from every city block and make em battle it to the death! that would deter ppl from getting all fat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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