the more godless we become the bigger the Government who in turn become the 'moral ' police of society. We would be banned from schools for suggesting that fornication and adultery leads to all sorts of social and mental ills. In the absence of a moral compass we need to display an outward outrage against Maccas and the like. Certainly makes our corrupt souls feel better outwardly.

the more godless we become the bigger the Government who in turn become the 'moral ' police of society.
runner,
I'm so not religious but I couldn't agree more. We have reached a stage where nonsense replaced sense, education has been replaced by dumbing, free thinking replaced by indoctrination etc etc. We need to keep academia out of decision making because all this idiocy stems from academia. It has come to where we simply can not afford academia anymore, we need to rid ourselves from these morons. One moment milk is good, the next it's bad. Fat is just bad no questions asked about individual make up. Ideal weight is turning our kids into fruit cakes. Print & tv media are forcing kids to aspire to a life only a lucky few are privileged to. There's way too much frivolity out there & it is academia which dreams up this useless & pointless crap.
If these people don't want obesity then they should give National Service the thumbs up instead of down. What about the their obesity of stupidity ?

We live a decadent, sedentary lifestyle in the West. More often than not (because we are, for some reason, time poor), we turn to food that is high in saturated fats and sugars and chock full of preservatives and colourings. We sit in capsules to move through our environment. We sit in front of an electronic window (TV) for hours for entertainment. We rely on gadgets to do our work....we DO have a problem and we can rail against whomever suits our cause, but that won't change the reality that obesity is an ubiquitous "symptom" of our lifestyle.

We live a decadent, sedentary lifestyle in the West.
Poirot,
I'd like to dispute that somewhat. The middle eastern & asians with money are way more decadent than any westerner I've ever heard of. There are some very silly rich in the West but the zenith of decadence is in the East.

Phooey to that, individual.

Singling out rich Easterners is a silly argument. We in the West have, by and large, morphed into a physically inactive population - that and our food choices are the reasons for widespread obesity.

Phooey to that
Poirot,
whatever, just name one of the eastern rich who gave what Gates, Forbes et al have given. Just one name would suffice. Thanks.