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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Watching my health?

Well, I haven't visited my blog in a while. Today, however, I couldn't restrain myself!

My daughter was reading aloud an article that she found on www.popeater.com discussing the possibility of putting healthier snacks in theatres. Are you kidding me? I don't know when the keepers of my health were appointed but I think its time they realize that they aren't welcome!

Maybe a better suggestion would be to suggest that theatre owners permit "outside snacks" in their theatres? If that were done, those who wish to munch on apples and carrots during Titanic could do so. Those of us who consider movie theatre popcorn and raisinets to be part of the whole experience would have the right to continue to enjoy the age-old traditions that we've come to love.

These health gurus who impose their opinions on me do more damage by raising my blood pressure than the movie theatre popcorn could ever do to me!

When the City of Philadelphia focused their time and attention on removing transfats from my fast food and baked goods, I was appalled. If you want to keep me alive longer, get the heroine dealers out of our neighborhoods, the gun toting thugs off the street, the slumlords out of business, and the creeps who never get their hands dirty selling the guns and the drugs in jail! Transfats aren't nearly as certain to kill me as bullet through my brain during a drug money seeking home invasion or mugging.

Then, these health gurus decided that smoking in the bar had to be stopped. Did it ever occur to these social engineers that adults should have the option to smoke or not to smoke? Should you wish to go to a bar without smoke, then find a non-smoking bar! How difficult is that concept?

Concern about my best interests? Are you kidding me?! These folks are imposing their opinions on other adults and we are behaving like sheep! What are you going to do when they decide that cars are a danger to your health pass legislation to forbid you to drive your car? How about you hop on your bike to go to work?

As we allow the government to legislate more and more of our lives, and continue to defend them because they are acting in our best interests, we are creeping closer and closer to destroying the concept of democracy and independent decision making completely.

I think while they're watching my health, I'll rush to the movie theater to watch "Shutter Island" with a huge tub of buttered popcorn and a giant box of raisinets, while I'm still allowed to have them!
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  1. AnonymousMarch 20, 2010 at 10:13 AM

    do you think it's far away that my car will be banned? i don't. i don't htink i could afford the carbon credits necessary.

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  2. enigmadalyMarch 20, 2010 at 10:16 AM

    Can't be sure! Ten years ago, no one would have believed we wouldn't be able to smoke in a bar in Philadelphia!

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