Comments on: M.D.’s ego feeds on hot dog attack http://calvininjax.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/mds-ego-feeds-on-hot-dog-attack/ Observations on life, the media and what is going on in the world Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:21:48 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Adam_Y http://calvininjax.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/mds-ego-feeds-on-hot-dog-attack/#comment-300 Adam_Y Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:58:34 +0000 http://calvininjax.wordpress.com/?p=424#comment-300 It's one of the worrying things here in the UK, that those sort of nutters are starting to creep in... Legal cases, for example, especially those dealing with pro-life issues, are being funded by US christian groups and protests were organised which still filled the newspapers... They were there during the debate over same sex marriage too, funding campaigns and creating publicity. Oddly, the cosmetics companies do get away with advertising exaggerated claims based on little evidence, they are still even allowed to make up names for pre-existing chemicals... Your point is valid though, about democracies that have less emphasis on freedom. Take France, now there's a country that even refuses to let people invent new words at all. It’s one of the worrying things here in the UK, that those sort of nutters are starting to creep in…

Legal cases, for example, especially those dealing with pro-life issues, are being funded by US christian groups and protests were organised which still filled the newspapers…

They were there during the debate over same sex marriage too, funding campaigns and creating publicity.

Oddly, the cosmetics companies do get away with advertising exaggerated claims based on little evidence, they are still even allowed to make up names for pre-existing chemicals…

Your point is valid though, about democracies that have less emphasis on freedom. Take France, now there’s a country that even refuses to let people invent new words at all.

]]> By: AndyP http://calvininjax.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/mds-ego-feeds-on-hot-dog-attack/#comment-190 AndyP Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:59:08 +0000 http://calvininjax.wordpress.com/?p=424#comment-190 If I gave you a lovely lentil burger Calvin you wouldn't have to force it down your throat, you'd be drooling ;-) If I gave you a lovely lentil burger Calvin you wouldn’t have to force it down your throat, you’d be drooling ;-)

]]> By: calvininjax http://calvininjax.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/mds-ego-feeds-on-hot-dog-attack/#comment-188 calvininjax Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:30:19 +0000 http://calvininjax.wordpress.com/?p=424#comment-188 I haven't mentioned that the reports lack credibility. What I object to is self-appointed "amateurs" promoting their own personal agenda, vegetarianism, and forcing it down the throats of everyone else. I haven’t mentioned that the reports lack credibility. What I object to is self-appointed “amateurs” promoting their own personal agenda, vegetarianism, and forcing it down the throats of everyone else.

]]> By: AndyP http://calvininjax.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/mds-ego-feeds-on-hot-dog-attack/#comment-187 AndyP Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:55:40 +0000 http://calvininjax.wordpress.com/?p=424#comment-187 $4 billion?! On hotdogs? The argument that they are linked to cancer may not be proven but that's a worringly lot of money to spend on something with little nutritional value. The reports you mention may lack credibility but there are findings to show that the eating of red meat does increase the risk of cancer. Here's a report from the Guardian that cites the Harvard Medical School, hardly a body of rampant vegetarians I'm sure: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/nov/14/health.healthandwellbeing In a country like America where medical care is down to the individual there is greater scope to say the individual's eating habits are entirely their own business - if it makes them sick they pay for it. But in the UK where we contribute to the NHS , a universal heath care system, there is a greater call for the Government to encourage and promote healthy eating and lifestyles so the future demand for health care can be met by our taxes not the unfair private route. Taking a holistic view, a healthier society in both mind and body will be a better place to live, and the individual has to play their part too along side governments, and change eating habits for the better. The report may be cobblers, but the reduction in hotdog and burger sales across the USA can only be a good thing. $4 billion?! On hotdogs? The argument that they are linked to cancer may not be proven but that’s a worringly lot of money to spend on something with little nutritional value. The reports you mention may lack credibility but there are findings to show that the eating of red meat does increase the risk of cancer. Here’s a report from the Guardian that cites the Harvard Medical School, hardly a body of rampant vegetarians I’m sure: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/nov/14/health.healthandwellbeing

In a country like America where medical care is down to the individual there is greater scope to say the individual’s eating habits are entirely their own business – if it makes them sick they pay for it. But in the UK where we contribute to the NHS , a universal heath care system, there is a greater call for the Government to encourage and promote healthy eating and lifestyles so the future demand for health care can be met by our taxes not the unfair private route. Taking a holistic view, a healthier society in both mind and body will be a better place to live, and the individual has to play their part too along side governments, and change eating habits for the better. The report may be cobblers, but the reduction in hotdog and burger sales across the USA can only be a good thing.

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