Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thats just it, isnt it? There is no market for it. Here we get fresh vegetables and fruit brought to our doorstep by hawkers every day. Cheers Jayanand On 3/7/07, Chris Saganich <chs2018@med.cornell.edu> wrote: > > It would be a boon to public health advocates if a 5 patty burger and > fries > or a bucket of fries chicken should cost $25. Or better yet if the price > of corn syrup approached that of oil. It would be nice if fresh food were > less expensive then the crap, but it ain't in my hood. I can get a 40 oz > beer for less then a 1/2 gal of milk. Who does this disproportionately > affect? I've never seen a vegetable on a billboard that I can recall > anywhere in Brooklyn. But not to worry the market will take care of us > all. > > At 10:31 AM 3/7/2007, you wrote: > >Walt > >Myself I'm always astonished about these damage claims - the US laws for > >product and producer's liability are much tougher than around here > (Europe > >I mean). Personally I find it's up to each own's responsibility what he > >does to his health. If regulating smoking and obesity, then there could > be > >done much more against it if the typical diseases resulting from it would > >be excluded from the basic health insurances (or coupled with a > >significant higher fee or percentage share). In Switzerland, a smoker > >costs half a million francs in average - smoking related illness costs > >only - and after subtracting the tobacco taxes he paid with every box of > >cigarettes. > >Didier > > > > > > > > >Didier > > > > > >Unfortunately, you are probably right. I can picture it now, with a 300 > > pound woman tearfully telling the jury " the Burger King made do it". > The > > destructive element of this scenario jumps out and bites like a snake. > As > > long as we blame everyone and everything but ourselves we don't stand a > > chance. Who doesn't realize what a Whopper and fries does to their > > svelteness? Nonetheless, it goes according to plan. The obese woman > > cries, the jury sniffles, Oprah has tears running down her cheek for the > > close up and we all lose. > > > > > >Burger King hands out a whopper of a cash settlement, and raises the > > price for their delicacies. The obese woman takes he new found wealth, > > buys a gold-plated scooter to zip up and down the junk food aisles. The > > rest of us? Who knows, maybe we continue to stuff ourselves silly in > > preparation for the next ice age. :-) > > > > > >Walt > > > > > >Didier Ludwig wrote: > > >>The day will come where these companies will be taken to court and > > claimed for damages for selling ill making goods - like the tobacco > > industry. Kellogs (corn flakes) for instance has already begun to use > > wholemeal ingredients and lowered the sugar contents - after they got > > tons of bad press articles about making kids fat. > > >>Didier > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Chris Saganich, Sr. Physicist > Weill Medical College of Cornell University > New York Presbyterian Hospital > chs2018@med.cornell.edu > Ph. 212.746.6964 > Fax. 212.746.4800 > Office A-0049 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >