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The war on fat has just crossed a major red line. The Los Angeles City Council has passed an ordinance prohibiting construction of new fast-food restaurants in a 32-square-mile area inhabited by 500,000 low-income people.

We're not talking anymore about preaching diet and exercise, disclosing calorie counts, or restricting sodas in schools. We're talking about banning the sale of food to adults.

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You can't has cheezeburger!

[ 01 August 2008: Message edited by: Left Turn ]

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Originally posted by Left Turn:
Well, I would support a policy prohibiting the construction of new fast-food restaurants anywhere in cities, regardless of the income level of the neighbourhood. People shouldn't be eating greasy, fatty burgers, and it doesn't matter what your income level is.

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I don’t think people should drink excessively, smoke (or use any tobacco—other than ceremonial usage), take drugs that adversely affect their health, or eat too much (or too much “bad” food) and that they should exercise regularly, get regular amounts of adequate sleep, and otherwise engage in healthful activities and lifestyles.

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Originally posted by Left Turn:
Well, I would support a policy prohibiting the construction of new fast-food restaurants anywhere in cities, regardless of the income level of the neighbourhood. People shouldn't be eating greasy, fatty burgers, and it doesn't matter what your income level is.

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Originally posted by Stephen Gordon:

Um, yeah. What's your opinion on a program of compulsory exercise ('Drop and gimme 50, maggot, or go to jail') and the mandatory consumption of brussels sprouts ('Eat them, or you'll never see daylight again!')?

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Or...

■ No hamburger sales at all in the grocery store (cuz people might—[aghast]—make a cheeseburger with it on their backyard Weber grill)

■ No meat sales at all (cuz meat can—surreptitiously and illegally—be converted to hamburger)

■ No Weber grills, charcoal or charcoal lighter fluid (classified as “contraband”)

■ No private raising of cattle (see first and second bullet points above)—only government-monitor cattle raising (if any)

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Originally posted by madmax:
What? You mean, it is ok for fat people in the burbs to drive their cars to a fast food outlet, but fat people in the city shouldn't walk or take the bus to one?

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Exactly! Except I don't think this is aimed specifically at "fat people". It's aimed at low income people.

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my mother would take me with her to a chipwagon where the fries were drenched in salt and vinegar. She couldn't get enough of that awful stuff. At least the fries were crispy. When the novelty of chipwagons fell off, we then went to Royal Burger

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I grew up in a small town with three restaurants and a fast-food burger place (not a franchise but just a locally-owned burger and malt shop).

After I graduated and I came back to town with a girlfriend of mine, I realized, while showing her around town, that in the 18 years I had lived in that town I had never eaten at the burger joint a single time!! Our family probably ate out at a restaurant maybe once a year...and it was a big deal!! Otherwise, we always ate at home.