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Idea for his next project


He should go stand outside a 7-11 or other store and see how many times he's 'forced' to buy cigarettes.
Then he can ask the cashier - 'do you ask everyone to buy a pack. Do you ??!!'
Then he can walk up to a display case, turn around, and shout - 'see how easy it is to say no !!!'
Then he can look at a magazine ad and do the same.
Then he can go around stopping strangers and asking them - 'do you think smoking 2 packs every day is healthy?'. See, its all common sense!

This will prove beyond all doubt that cigarettes are the healthiest thing ever, and the warnings are completely useless, since its all about choice. As a bonus, he will also show the millions of people who die without smoking.

At least Super Size Me didn't have the condescending attitude and the look-I'm-smarter-than-everyone attitude. It had a simple message - fast food is not healthy and easy access to it is even more harmful.

The only motive this movie seems to have is 'Morgan was wrong, I'm right'.

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No, that would prove convenience stores are not evil corporations forcing you to smoke. The same point made in the movie about fast food restaurants.

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Convenience stores are not owned by cigarrete corporations. Fast food chains are.

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That wasn't a serious attempt at an argument was it?

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lol

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fast food is not healthy and easy access to it is even more harmful

But we know that's not true, since the guy proved that you can eat fast food and lose weight / be healthy.

and the look-I'm-smarter-than-everyone attitude

Not 'smarter-than-everyone', just smarter than you. Even in light of the overwhelming evidence, you still cling to your beliefs like being anti-fast food is your religion. It's time to adapt your opinions when confronted with new information, lib.

Let go of this religion you have.

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Liberalism. Ideas so good, they're mandatory!

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since the guy proved that you can eat fast food and lose weight / be healthy.


Wait, what did he prove?

Let's split up "lose weight / be healthy"

He didn't prove that "I" or "you" could lose weight by eating fast food (though I'm sure we could accomplish eating fast food and losing weight, as weight gain is more about caloric intake as opposed to what you eat, so this is a stupid proposition as worded above).

He didn't prove that "I" or "you" could eat fast food and be healthy.

He simply demonstrated (though not all that strongly) that he was able to eat some types of fast food and lose weight. He particularly didn't prove he was any more "healthier" in a global sense, as he simply was looking at heart disease.

Here's what I'd like to see before I believe he "proves" anything beyond himself, a replication in a controlled environment with a randomized sample size that is statistically significant. Then repeat said study a couple of times to strengthen the results. And while you are at it why not also study other forms of disease amongst this group since you know, the Fat Head guy is trying to say you can eat fast food and be healthy right? and well healthy means more than just heart health. I'd like to see how said randomized sample handles the fast food diet and let's say prostate cancer. I don't know about you man, but I'm not looking to accelerate cancerous cells around my prostate, could be worth considering before we embark on a high fast food diet don't you think?

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Fathead also ignores the issue that commercialism is VERY influential. Sure, no one forces you to eat fast food, but if society hammers it into your head that it's the first answer to your hunger, then one is more likely to submit to it.

What if corporations tried to sell you dangerous goods (like unhealthy food)? Should the government just step aside and let corporations bombard its citizens with messages of bad health? We're all humans and, unfortunately, very impressionable.

Some public schools have adopted a "no soda" policy, and I'm totally in favour of it.

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"What if corporations tried to sell you dangerous goods (like unhealthy food)?"

This made me giggle a bit. Alcohol is by far one of the most dangerous things we can buy, even when you don't count the deaths and injuries caused by drunk driving.

http://www.ehow.com/about_4760710_diseases-caused-alcohol-abuse.html

What IF corporations tried to sell us dangerous goods??? Lol they'd probably convince us they weren't so bad, advertise nationally, then make a fortune.

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