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It has been so refreshing to see in the press recently that there are FINALLY elected officials who are interested in our health and well-being! As you may or may not know, there is legislature brewing, at least in Michigan, to get trans fats (you know, the BAAADDD fat...the cholesterol-raising fat!) banned in all Michigan restaurants! YAHOO! Finally, they care about our health! Finally! In New York, this law took effect this past December, and the state is now making restaurants reveal calorie information on standard menu items, which is being phased in over the next 18 months. Are other states looking into a ban like this? I just find the subject very interesting! And, I really like the fact that restaurants (at least in NY) have to reveal calorie content. I think that most people don`t realize just how many calories are in certain foods/meals...even salads!
Barb -
Yes, this is great news! Now we need to have the legislators go after the high fructose corn syrup that is added to so much of our food.
Have you noticed how much restaurant owners are complaining in Detroit about the possibility of having to eliminate trans-fats? Sheesh. They`re complaining about having to remove a poison!
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Yes, this is great news! Now we need to have the legislators go after the high fructose corn syrup that is added to so much of our food.
Have you noticed how much restaurant owners are complaining in Detroit about the possibility of having to eliminate trans-fats? Sheesh. They`re complaining about having to remove a poison!
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New Yorkers also complained about having to get rid of transfats in their food. You are correct, it is a poison and is very detrimental to our health. Little resteraunt owners that base their business on foods that are full of transfats are being hit the hardest. They had a couple of business owners on CNBC that were talking about possibly closing down due to the new regulations. There are obviously different ways to cook foods and they will just have to get used to it and bite-the-bullet. We are only coming closer to "1984". It`s kinda disappointing how capitalists are in favor of the government stepping in to regulate things such as transfats (regardless of whether they are good or bad for you). I don`t know how much you want to be regulated, but if you like a total Communistic Government, there is plenty of room in North Korea.
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I have several good recipes for "Public Official." They`re hard to
cook, as they`ve got a very fatty meat, but when braised for a few
hours, a lot of that fat melts out.
Why should those Public Officals be responsible for transfats? Why can`t I be responsible for my own transfats?
Why should those Public Officals be responsible for transfats? Why can`t I be responsible for my own transfats?
Because you really don`t know if it is in the foods you get at restaurants.
No offense, but why should there be public officials making sure that you favorite restaurant doesn`t have a rat problem in the kitchen, neatly hidden from the public it serves?
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Scott Watson.::.
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I think making restaurants disclose transfat usage is one thing. Banning is another.
I agree with theswaynester and CraigL. Let me decide if I would like to eat foods with transfats or not. This is like the seatbelt law. If I want to wear a seatbelt because it`s safer if I am in an accident then so be it but, if I decide not to, who should stop me?
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Oh I`m a poor victim who can`t make right choices, will someone please save me from my own decisions because even though I`m an adult I want to sue everyone else because they didn`t tell me that the HOT COFFEE they sold me would actually be HOT and might burn me if it spills on me... blah blah blah...
Ok, so that may be a bit in your face and I`m sorry if it offends some people but I want to know why it`s so hard to get people to take personal responsibility for their own decisions. Are they or are they not adults? I`m guessing that now you`ll say, "What about the children?" to which I say do they or do they not have parents who are adults who can start taking responsibility for their own children?
Sorry about my tone, this is just a hot topic for me, as such, I`ll try to refrain from any more of this discussion...
R-
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RossB -
Let`s remember that the old woman that got 3rd degree burns to her thighs and, um, hoo-ha, won her settlement based on a jury. McDonald`s was serving their coffee too hot. People love to use that case as a flagrant lawsuit, but it went before a jury. What if you had Firestone Tires and you had a Ford Explorer that rolled over due to a tire blow-out and somebody in your vehicle was killed (God forbid). There are regulations in place to make sure that the corporations are making products that are safe.
I would like to think that when I go to a restaurant and order something that it doesn`t contain poison. Granted, I`m not going to assume a double order of chili-cheese fries is "heart-smart."
Samdude -
Sure, if you don`t want to wear a seatbelt, that`s your decision. Here in Michigan, it will cost you if you`re caught.
How do you feel about a parent that does not secure a child in a carseat? I`ve seen it many times, but is it my business? Probably not, but does it concern me? Yes.
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AcmeData -
You`re absolutely right, she did get burned but who`s fault was it. McD`s because they served hot coffee or the sweet little old grandma because she put the hot coffee that was in a paper cup between her legs as she was driving her car... I feel badly that she got burned, but she got burned because of her own decision. McD`s didn`t have a big corporate meeting and go, "Hey, let`s sell hot coffee so that people will burn themselves..." They said, "Hey, let`s sell hot coffee because people want to buy hot coffee."
As far as the jury goes, they gave her money because it was a poor little old grandma against the great big bad McD`s...
As for the tires (and samdude`s use of the car seat analogy), that`s in a completely different category and if you aren`t able to distinguish between the two then there`s nothing left to discuss. One has to do with your own choice about you, the other has to do with how your choice affects others in a way that is not so obvious.
R-
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Quaerite Primum Regnum
"There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line."
~ Oscar Levant ~
Twitter: @rossb
You`re absolutely right, she did get burned but who`s fault was it. McD`s because they served hot coffee or the sweet little old grandma because she put the hot coffee that was in a paper cup between her legs as she was driving her car... I feel badly that she got burned, but she got burned because of her own decision. McD`s didn`t have a big corporate meeting and go, "Hey, let`s sell hot coffee so that people will burn themselves..." They said, "Hey, let`s sell hot coffee because people want to buy hot coffee."
As far as the jury goes, they gave her money because it was a poor little old grandma against the great big bad McD`s...
As for the tires (and samdude`s use of the car seat analogy), that`s in a completely different category and if you aren`t able to distinguish between the two then there`s nothing left to discuss. One has to do with your own choice about you, the other has to do with how your choice affects others in a way that is not so obvious.
R-
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"There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line."
~ Oscar Levant ~
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